Former Speaker Denny Hastert Indicted

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

Wow $3.5 million payoff for wrongdoings done to individual A? Me thinks the 'wrongs' must be a hell of a lot worse than structuring withdrawals to avoid IRS reporting. Please Denny, do tell!!

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/05/...deral-charges/

I think the whole point of paying $3.5 million was so no one would tell.

This article talks about blackmail and hints as to what the situation might be:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/m...eeper-mystery/

Remember how Hastert became Speaker? Bob Livingstone was to be the new Speaker and then Larry Flynt, who had offered a million dollars to anyone with proof of GOP Congressional members who voted for impeachment having used their own, ahem, members, indiscriminately, let out that Livingston had cheated on his wife so Livingston had to resign.

Livingston might have been the lesser sinner...