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A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced former House speaker J. Dennis
Hastert to one year and three months in federal prison — a term above what
prosecutors had recommended and one that clearly took into account the
sexual abuse allegations that generated the criminal case against the
Illinois Republican.
Prosecutors called the sentence a “day of reckoning” for a man who was
once a revered high school teacher and wrestling coach in Illinois and who
ascended to the highest ranks of American politics. Even before the hearing,
prosecutors had revealed in court filings how Hastert allegedly had
molested or inappropriately touched five teenagers affiliated with the
wrestling team he coached decades ago, and U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin
on Wednesday forced him to acknowledge that abuse in specific terms.
The hearing, in a small courtroom packed with reporters and others, was an
emotional one — highlighted by a tearful statement from a victim speaking
publicly for the first time and a lengthy monologue from the judge that
leveled sharp attacks at Hastert.
For his part, Hastert told the judge that he was “deeply ashamed” to be in
court and was still “struggling to come to terms with events that occurred
four decades ago.” He said that he “mistreated some of my athletes that I
coached.”
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-dennis-hastert-sexually-abused-him-as-a-17-year-old-boy-i-was-devastated/
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发帖数: 2555 | 3 Federal prosecutors on Friday detailed some of the lurid allegations of
sexual misconduct against former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert and asked
a federal judge to subject the Illinois Republican to a sex offender
evaluation.
In a memo in advance of an April 27 sentencing hearing, prosecutors spelled
out in graphic detail how Hastert sexually molested or inappropriately
touched five teenagers who trusted him as their wrestling coach. And as
Hastert rose to power, believing that his wrongdoing would never be made
public, his victims struggled with the effects of the abuse, prosecutors
wrote.
“He made them feel alone, ashamed, guilty and devoid of dignity,”
prosecutors wrote. “While defendant achieved great success, reaping all the
benefits that went with it, these boys struggled, and all are still
struggling now with what defendant did to them.”
Hastert, 74, pleaded guilty last year to violating federal banking laws,
admitting in a deal with prosecutors that he withdrew money from banks in
increments low enough to avoid mandatory reporting requirements. That charge
, though, always belied the case’s actual underpinnings. | h*********t
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