So the person blackmailing Dennis Hastert...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

So the person blackmailing Dennis Hastert is blackmailing him over conduct that goes back to when he was his teacher and wrestling coach.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. national news said it goes back to when he was teacher and wrestling coach

[bravenak]

2. I hope it's not what I hope it's not.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Me too, for him and his potential victims./NT

[bravenak]

6. Please let it be theft.

Please.

[daleanime]

4. But it probably is...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I rather discover he's a garden variety crook but that not where the evidence is pointing./NT

[bravenak]

7. I'm trying to be hopeful.

It would piss me off if it's that. I hope not.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. 3.7 million dollars, that's a lot./NT

[daleanime]

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]

10. Hum.....

long showers.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. You are inviting me to say something that is not politically correct.

[mopinko]

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]

13. BOOM

[JI7]

14. at least it seems like the relationship itself wasn't a crime

[Ms. Toad]

16. Sexual contact between a teacher and an underage student isn't a crime?

Could have fooled me.

[JI7]

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]

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]

15. lol

`i'm LOVING that gif

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. Thank you. I am 100% serious when I say one of the reasons I come here is to entertain./NT

[irisblue]

19. Great, a multiple time pedophile, 2 heartbeats away from POTUS