CHICAGO
(AP) -- Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided
over the House and was second in the line of succession to the
presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison in the
hush-money case that revealed accusations he sexually abused teenagers
while coaching high school wrestling.
The case
makes the former speaker one of the highest-ranking American
politicians ever sentenced to prison. The visibly angry judge repeatedly
rebuked the 74-year-old before issuing the 15-month sentence, telling
him that his abuse devastated the lives of victims and would probably
make it harder than ever for parents to trust other adults with their
children.
"If Denny Hastert could do it, anyone could
do it,'" U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin said. "Nothing is more
stunning than to have the words 'serial child molester' and 'speaker of
the House' in the same sentence."
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