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If convicted does he keep his pension?J. Dennis Hastert, the longest serving Republican speaker in the U.S. House, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges that he violated banking laws in a bid to pay $3.5 million because of “past misconduct” against an unnamed individual from their hometown west of Chicago.
Hastert, 73, who has been a high-paid lobbyist in Washington since his 2007 retirement, schemed to mask more than $950,000 in withdrawals from various accounts that violated federal banking laws that require disclosure of large cash transactions, according to a seven-page indictment delivered by a grand jury in Chicago
Where's the conservatives.
Here is one.
I get the vague idea he was paying hush money to a former student with whom he had an illegal or immoral (or both) sexual encounter or relationship.
I'd hate that to be so, but let the chips fall where they may.
I believe we need a clean sweep of Washington DC corruption from top to bottom.
And I welcome it no matter who might be outed.
We pay these people to be our employees and we should treat them like employees.
Any employee found breaking the law or committing unlawful or immoral acts would be disciplined.
Let it be so in D.C. from now on.
well!!! I appreciate that. Keep that attitude and your definitely part of the solution.
Here is one.
I get the vague idea he was paying hush money to a former student with whom he had an illegal or immoral (or both) sexual encounter or relationship.
I'd hate that to be so, but let the chips fall where they may.
I'm a conservative. While I view all politicians as dirty, I think Hastert was dirtier than most. He became wealthy by using his position in the House to make property he owned more valuable. Then he retired. He is a cretin. What does that have to do with being a conservative?
Hey, acknowledging crime, regardless of the guys party is good!
Don't know much about the case to even speculate at this point. If he's guilt then no sympathy for him in the least.
I read here often that only Dems are dirty and corrupt.
Both sides are dirty as hell but I do find it funny when conservatives point to the Kennedy's and the Clinton's but think their side's corruption is on a lesser scale.
well, he's accountable to the law like anyone else.... but I've always had reservations about those laws, so i'm not going to judge him harshly for those "crimes"... if found guilty of not disclosing and it is found that his money did not go to illegal activities, he should get no more than a 100 dollar fine.... at most.
the whole "war on cash" is rather bothersome ....
making a false statement to investigators is another matter...I have zero problems with him being punished for lying, and the punishment should carry jail time. ....unfortunately, there's a lot of people who support lying to authorities and lying under oath.
There's been a couple conservatives show up to offer their criticisms of Hastert, so credit where credits due
It's early.
As far as corruption in DC goes I remember the Jack Abramoff affair. The guy was dirty as hell, many thought then that there would be a clean-up in DC after he nd many dirty GOP politicians got caught. Was there? Nope, not even a ripple. And I'm not bringing that up because Abramoff was a Republican lobbyist greasing the palms of Republican politicians, because IMO the Dems were more to blame for nothing getting done in cleaning up DC. The Dems didn't raise a stink, they didn't hold the GOP's feet to the fire concerning Abramoff. Why? Because the Dems and their lobbyists are just as dirty.
There's too much money in our politics nowadays. These guys don't get into politics to govern, many get in to get rich. The foxes are watching the hen house, so nothing will get done.
I totally agree with you about the law. But as we're always told, lobby for changing the law, and in the meantime...........................!!
yup.. he's still accountable ..even to stupid laws.
Hey, acknowledging crime, regardless of the guys party is good!
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert indicted by federal grand jury - The Washington Post
If convicted does he keep his pension?
It's early.
As far as corruption in DC goes I remember the Jack Abramoff affair. The guy was dirty as hell, many thought then that there would be a clean-up in DC after he nd many dirty GOP politicians got caught. Was there? Nope, not even a ripple. And I'm not bringing that up because Abramoff was a Republican lobbyist greasing the palms of Republican politicians, because IMO the Dems were more to blame for nothing getting done in cleaning up DC. The Dems didn't raise a stink, they didn't hold the GOP's feet to the fire concerning Abramoff. Why? Because the Dems and their lobbyists are just as dirty.
There's too much money in our politics nowadays. These guys don't get into politics to govern, many get in to get rich. The foxes are watching the hen house, so nothing will get done.
I read here often that only Dems are dirty and corrupt.
Both sides are dirty as hell but I do find it funny when conservatives point to the Kennedy's and the Clinton's but think their side's corruption is on a lesser scale.
wrong. dem's just defend the corruption instead of doing something about it.
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