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| Former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert dead at 84 |
| 2026-10-05 |
| [FoxNews] Dennis Hastert died peacefully of natural causes at his home, according to Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell. The longtime politician represented Illinois' 14th Congressional district for 20 years and served as Speaker of the House for eight years before retiring in 2007. His career was later tarnished by a bank fraud conviction linked to his efforts to quash the story of a former student who accused him of sexual abuse during his time as a high school wrestling coach. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison in 2016. Hastert also underwent sex offender treatment, two years of supervised release after his time behind bars and paid a $250,000 fine to a crime victims fund. Hastert pleaded guilty in the case to attempting to pay $3.5 million to an unnamed individual to keep the alleged sexual abuse a secret. Related: Dennis Hastert 08/30/2025 The Newsoms' blatant beak-wetting is politics as usual, but it shouldn''t be Dennis Hastert 04/03/2022 The Democrats have a pedo problem Dennis Hastert 07/19/2017 Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been released from prison |
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