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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives at the federal courthouse Wednesday, April 27, 2016, in Chicago, for his sentencing on federal banking charges which he pled guilty to last year. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Dennis Hastert, former House speaker, sentenced to 15 months in prison in hush-money case

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 9, 2015 file photo, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago. Hastert pleaded guilty in October of 2015 to violating bank laws as he sought to pay $3.5 million in hush money. Hastert's lawyers want a judge to spare Hastert from prison time in the case and give him probation. A filing Wednesday, April 6, 2016 comes before the 74-year-old Republican's sentencing by a federal judge April 27. (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee, File)

Dennis Hastert attorneys ask for probation, citing remorse and health problems

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, center, arrives at the federal courthouse Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Chicago.. (AP Photo/Matt Marton )

Dennis Hastert, former House speaker, pleads guilty to lying to FBI

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 15, 2007 file photo, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., sits for a portrait in his Capitol Hill office. On Thursday, May 28, 2015, federal prosecutors indicted Hastert, 73, on bank-related charges. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Kevin McCarthy resists push to remove Dennis Hastert portrait from Capitol: ‘Premature’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2007, file photo, former House Speaker Dennis, Hastert, R-Ill., announces that he will not seek re-election for a 12th term in Yorkville, Ill. Federal prosecutors have indicted Thursday, May 28, 2015, the former U.S. House Speaker on bank-related charges. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey, File)

Weird C-SPAN phone call: ‘Hi Denny. Remember me from Yorkville?’

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2007, file photo, Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, front, R-Ill., announces that he will not seek reelection for a 12th term as he stands on the steps of the old Kendall County courthouse with, from left, his son Josh; wife Jean; and daughter-in-law Heidi, grandson Jack, in Yorkville, Ill. Federal prosecutors have indicted Thursday, May 28, 2015, the former U.S. House Speaker on bank-related charges. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey, File)

Hastert paid to ‘conceal his prior misconduct’

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 31, 2000 file photo, House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Ill. gives a thumbs up after taking over as chairman of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Hastert&#8217;s career as House speaker both arose and ended amid the sex-related scandals of others. Now, eight years after leaving Congress, Hastert&#8217;s own legacy is threatened by an indictment charging financial misdeeds _ and cryptically referring to &#8220;misconduct&#8221; against an unnamed person. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

Dennis Hastert: Former House speaker paid to hide ‘misconduct,’ indictment says

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In this May 21, 2015 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

John Boehner ‘saddened’ by indictment of former GOP speaker Dennis Hastert

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A statement from the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago says former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert is accused of structuring the withdrawal of $952,000 in cash in order to evade the requirement that banks report cash transactions over $10,000. He's also accused of lying to the FBI. (Associated Press)

Dennis Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to hide ‘prior misconduct,’ indictment alleges

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Laws should target criminals, not the law-abiding

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Ronald Reagan, with wife Nancy and brother Neil, holds a gold key to his boyhood home in Dixon, Ill., on Feb. 6, 1984. The home, preserved by a nonprofit foundation, is the most likely candidate for purchase by the National Park Service. (Associated Press)

Reagan’s own philosophy puts his boyhood home in limbo

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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DeLay sentenced to 3 years in prison

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Hastert to retire after 11 House terms

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