
The last time Republicans faced a crisis of succession for Speaker of the House, they turned to a quiet figure from Illinois, Dennis Hastert, to lead them. With Peter Roskam, the House GOP may again find the answer in Illinois.
by Joel B. Pollak9 Oct 2015, 3:54 PM PST0

Some 55 conservative leaders throughout the United States are calling on Republican leaders in Congress to live up to their responsibility to align their party’s platform with the Constitution.
by Dr. Susan Berry2 Oct 2015, 11:14 AM PST0

From the Chicago Sun-Times: In an interview with ABC, Jolene Burdge said her brother Steve Reinboldt was sexually abused by Hastert for years when he was a teen. … Reinboldt died of AIDS in 1995. It was then that Hastert was
by Breitbart News7 Jun 2015, 2:10 PM PST0

At the end of May, news broke that former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) allegedly lied to authorities about millions in hush money he was paying to a blackmailer to conceal sexual misconduct. Now the FBI is reporting that the number victims may have grown to as many as three
by Warner Todd Huston5 Jun 2015, 8:43 PM PST0

Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), who is openly gay, discussed former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s alleged sexual misconduct with his former high school students and said the progress American society has made since the 1960s and 70s
by Pam Key5 Jun 2015, 10:56 AM PST0

Monday on HuffPost Live, former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) criticized former Republican Speakers Newt Gingrich, Bob Livingston and Dennis Hastert for their hypocrisy in participating in former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment stemming from his sexual misconduct, when they all have sexual
by Pam Key2 Jun 2015, 9:35 AM PST0

From the Los Angeles Times: Indicted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was paying an individual from his past to conceal sexual misconduct, two federal law enforcement officials said Friday. One of the officials, who would not speak publicly about the
by Breitbart News29 May 2015, 12:17 PM PST0
Federal prosecutors have indicted former U.S. House Speaker House Dennis Hastert on bank-related charges.
by Breitbart News28 May 2015, 2:20 PM PST0