Wheaton College on Sunday removed the name of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) from the school’s Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy.
Hastert was indicted last week over an alleged agreement to pay $3.5 million in hush money to an unidentified individual to keep them quiet about “prior misconduct.”
“It is with sadness and shock that the Wheaton College community learned of the indictment by the U.S. Department of Justice of alumnus and former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives J. Dennis Hastert, and of his resignation from the Board of Advisors of the J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy at Wheaton College,” Wheaton College said in a Sunday statement.
“Wheaton College serves Jesus Christ and advances His Kingdom through excellence in liberal arts and graduate programs that educate the whole person to build the church and benefit society worldwide. The College has not been implicated in or associated with any of the allegations in this matter,” the statement read.
Hastert on Friday resigned from the board of advisors at the Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy.
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