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Former Rep. Dennis Hastert, who spent eight years as House speaker and later served prison time for scheming to cover up sexual abuse allegations, is dead.
Hastert, sentenced in April 2016 to 15 months in prison for bank fraud for trying to cover up payments to keep his molestation secret, died at his home over the weekend due to natural causes.
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., died at 84 as the highest-ranking U.S. official to ever serve jail time for federal banking crimes tied to hush-money payments.
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed on charges related to his concealment of hush money payments made to cover up sexual abuse.
