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Former House Speaker Hastert arrives for sentencing
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:31am EDT
Former House Speaker Hastert arrives for sentencing
CHICAGO | BY FIONA ORTIZ
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrived at a Chicago court on Wednesday where he could be sentenced to up to five years in prison for a financial crime related to accusations of sex abuse when he was a high school wrestling coach decades ago.
Hastert, once one of the most powerful figures in Washington as the longest-serving House speaker from 1999 through 2007, was pushed into the federal courthouse in a wheelchair.
Attorneys for Hastert, 74, who was hospitalized last year for a blood infection and also suffered a stroke, have asked for a probation-only sentence because of his health, remorse and long history of public service.
One of Hastert's accusers, who was a 17-year-old wrestler when he claims Hastert performed a sex act on him after a practice, is expected to testify at the sentencing hearing.
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Former House Speaker Hastert arrives for sentencing
CHICAGO | BY FIONA ORTIZ
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrived at a Chicago court on Wednesday where he could be sentenced to up to five years in prison for a financial crime related to accusations of sex abuse when he was a high school wrestling coach decades ago.
Hastert, once one of the most powerful figures in Washington as the longest-serving House speaker from 1999 through 2007, was pushed into the federal courthouse in a wheelchair.
Attorneys for Hastert, 74, who was hospitalized last year for a blood infection and also suffered a stroke, have asked for a probation-only sentence because of his health, remorse and long history of public service.
One of Hastert's accusers, who was a 17-year-old wrestler when he claims Hastert performed a sex act on him after a practice, is expected to testify at the sentencing hearing.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-crime-hastert-idUSKCN0XO178
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