Judge Orders Dennis Hastert to Report to Prison by June 22

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Judge Orders Dennis Hastert to Report to Prison by June 22

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — May 19, 2016, 3:24 PM ET

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been ordered to report to prison by June 22 to begin serving a 15-month sentence in his hush-money case.

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Durkin entered an order Thursday that says Hastert must surrender "to the designated institution" by 2 p.m. that day. The order doesn't identify the prison. A Bureau of Prisons spokesman said that information won't be released until Hastert reports.

Hastert pleaded guilty to violating banking laws while seeking to pay $3.5 million to someone he sexually molested.

Durkin described the 74-year-old Republican from Illinois as "a serial child molester" during his sentencing last month in Chicago. He said Hastert abused at least four boys when he coached wrestling at an Illinois high school.

Hastert also paid a $250,000 fine.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/judge-orders-dennis-hastert-report-prison-june-22-39235917

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[pinboy3niner]

2. K&R for "The Hastert Ruling"

[panader0]

3. Only 15 months? Not nearly a long enough sentence.

[AtheistCrusader]

11. They got him on a financing technicality.

The statute of limitations on his true crimes ran out, unfortunately.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. In Florida there is a 52 year old woman facing 10 years for growing her own medical marijuana.

Think about that, for a minute. 10 years is appropriate for someone doing nothing but growing her own medicine, but child abuse gets 15 months.

[AtheistCrusader]

12. They couldn't convict him of child abuse, unfortunately.

He was nabbed on finance/banking shenanigans. The statute of limitations ran out. He committed new crimes trying to pay off one of his victims that was threatening to speak publicly about it.

[marble falls]

5. Not soon enough.

[madokie]

6. My question is where did all this money he had come from

public servants should not be raking in that kind of cash. I don't remember ever reading that he had any inheritance so it looks to me like he enriched himself at the public trough
Why aren't those questions asked also.

RepubliCONs suck is what I know for a fact

[ErikJ]

9. or do the victims

get to keep the bribe money?

[AtheistCrusader]

14. Almost all politicians do.

At the very least, there should be insider trading rules against them, but that's not the case.

[Rex]

7. Oh he gets to report in does he? So if he fails to show, will they call his butler and ask kindly?

I mean, he is one of those seemingly way above the normal pay grade.

[malaise]

15. I want video of the frog march

[thereismore]

8. Disgusting fuck. He should be frogmarched through DC. nt

[rurallib]

10. so seldom that someone with connections lands in jail

even if it is just a slap on the wrist it is still amazing and a little chip in the wall of privilege.
If I remember I will have a drink at 2PM on 6/22. Maybe we should stop DU at that time and have a toast.

[AtomicKitten]

13. K and an enthusiastic R.