Hastert To Plead Guilty
[su_center_b]
Former House Speaker Denny Hastert is poised to plead guilty to agreeing to pay hush money to cover up wrongdoing.
The indictment unsealed in late May alleges that Hastert agreed to make $3.5 million in hush money payments to an undisclosed person identified by prosecutors as Individual A to cover up wrongdoing from Hastert’s time as a high school teacher and wrestling coach in Yorkville. According to the charges, Hastert lied about the reasons he withdrew $952,000 in cash over the previous 2 1/2 years when the FBI questioned him in December.
Though the indictment only hints at the alleged wrongdoing, federal law enforcement sources have told the Tribune that Hastert was paying to cover up sexual abuse of a Yorkville High School student years ago. The FBI also interviewed a second person who raised similar allegations against Hastert, sources said.
[su_center_ad]
[su_facebook]
