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So the person blackmailing Dennis Hastert is blackmailing him over conduct that goes back to when he was his teacher and wrestling coach.
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So the person blackmailing Dennis Hastert... (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
OP
national news said it goes back to when he was teacher and wrestling coach
Liberal_in_LA
May 2015
#1
I rather discover he's a garden variety crook but that not where the evidence is pointing./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#5
You are inviting me to say something that is not politically correct.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#11
was the student underage ? i'm not sure but i assumed if it was they would have noted it
JI7
May 2015
#17
He was a minor, and the interaction was described as sexual abuse - not a relationship.
Ms. Toad
May 2015
#18
Thank you. I am 100% serious when I say one of the reasons I come here is to entertain./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#20
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)1. national news said it goes back to when he was teacher and wrestling coach
bravenak
(34,648 posts)2. I hope it's not what I hope it's not.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)3. Me too, for him and his potential victims./NT
bravenak
(34,648 posts)6. Please let it be theft.
Please.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)4. But it probably is...
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)5. I rather discover he's a garden variety crook but that not where the evidence is pointing./NT
bravenak
(34,648 posts)7. I'm trying to be hopeful.
It would piss me off if it's that. I hope not.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)8. 3.7 million dollars, that's a lot./NT
daleanime
(17,796 posts)9. I agree, just can't seen to find a hopeful place....
it was only the fact of who he worked with that made him seem like a lesser villain.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)10. Hum.....
long showers.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)11. You are inviting me to say something that is not politically correct.
mopinko
(70,076 posts)12. a fb friend from near here says
there were rumors back when he was a coach.
i figure it has to be that. they said it was something that happened long before.
he also stayed willfully ignorant of the house page scandal when he was speaker.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)13. BOOM
JI7
(89,246 posts)14. at least it seems like the relationship itself wasn't a crime
Ms. Toad
(34,060 posts)16. Sexual contact between a teacher and an underage student isn't a crime?
Could have fooled me.
JI7
(89,246 posts)17. was the student underage ? i'm not sure but i assumed if it was they would have noted it
but i could be wrong
Ms. Toad
(34,060 posts)18. He was a minor, and the interaction was described as sexual abuse - not a relationship.
A federal law enforcement official confirmed to CNN early Friday evening that the former student was a male and a minor when the alleged abuse took place. Federal law enforcement officials also said that investigators decided not to pursue a possible extortion case in the matter.
http://bastropmarketplace.com/2015/05/29/sources-hastert-paid-to-hide-sexual-misconduct-with-minor/
The person, identified only as "Individual A" in the indictment, was a male who was sexually abused by Hastert, according to the Los Angeles Times, citing two law enforcement officials. NBC News reported that the person Hastert agreed to pay off had been a student at Yorkville High School while Hastert was a teacher there.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/243461-hastert-paid-to-hide-sexual-misconduct-report
CatWoman
(79,295 posts)15. lol
`i'm LOVING that gif
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)20. Thank you. I am 100% serious when I say one of the reasons I come here is to entertain./NT
irisblue
(32,963 posts)19. Great, a multiple time pedophile, 2 heartbeats away from POTUS