Denny Hastert the longest serving Republican Speaker of the House (as Alan would say a Liberal Democrat), was sentenced to 15 months in the clink. Oh, and Tom DeLay wrote a letter to the judge asking him to take it easy on Hastert because he was such a good guy.
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Nothing is worse than using serial child molester and speaker of the house in the same sentence," said the judge, who used his discretion to go well beyond the six-month prison term prosecutors had recommended.
Nothing is worse than using serial child molester and speaker of the house in the same sentence," said the judge, who used his discretion to go well beyond the six-month prison term prosecutors had recommended.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dennis-hastert-ex-house-speaker-arrives-sentencing-wheelchair-n563401