Dennis Hastert Ordered To Report To Federal Prison On June 22

FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago after sentencing in his hush-money case. On Thursday, May 19, 2016, U.S. District Court Judge T... FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago after sentencing in his hush-money case. On Thursday, May 19, 2016, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Durkin entered an order for Hastert to report to prison by June 22 to begin serving a 15-month sentence. The order doesn't identify the prison. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) MORE LESS
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A federal judge on Thursday ordered former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) to report to prison next month to serve a 15-month sentence in a hush money case prosecutors said stemmed from allegations of sexual abuse.

U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin ordered Hastert to report by 2 p.m. on June 22, but didn’t specify where the former House speaker would go. Politico reported that Hastert was expected to serve his time at a federal prison hospital in Minnesota.

Hastert was charged a year ago for illegally structuring bank withdrawals, which he used to pay $1.7 million out of a total $3.5 million agreement to a man who accused him of sexual assault dating back to his time as a high school teacher and wrestling coach. Hastert pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced last month.

When asked explicitly during a sentencing hearing if he had sexually abused young men, the longest-serving Republican House speaker replied, “yes.”

Hastert was sentenced to an additional two years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine, which he paid last week.

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  1. How he avoided the Feds discovering his weapons cache is puzzling.

  2. What can you say about a good ol’’ boy gone wrong? He didn’t go to good schools? He didn’t go to his senior prom? He never found love?

    What can you say?

  3. Will Denny be placed in solitary?
    Child molesters tend to have short prison lives.
    On the other hand Denny might enjoy it…just saying.

  4. I lose track, does that leave him on DT’s VP list or not? Maybe raises his chances?

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