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JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
Fri May 29, 2015, 02:13 PM May 2015

The Hastert results are in. Come see if you're a winner! [View all]

Drumroll please....







Hastert Misconduct Involves Sexual Abuse Of A Male | Crooks and Liars

Anonymous federal sources are speaking to the LA Times, and the story isn't pretty. It also confirms why he is resigning hastily from the Wheaton College Center that bears his name as well as the lobbying firm he's been working for.

LA Times

One of the officials, who would not speak publicly about the federal charges in Chicago, said “Individual A,” as the person is described in Thursday’s federal indictment, was a man and that the alleged misconduct was unrelated to Hastert’s tenure in Congress. The actions date to Hastert’s time as a Yorkville, Ill., high school wrestling coach and teacher, the official said.

“It goes back a long way, back to then,” the source said. “It has nothing to do with public corruption or a corruption scandal. Or to his time in office.” Thursday’s indictment described the misconduct “against Individual A” as having “occurred years earlier.”

Asked why Hastert was making the payments, the official said it was to conceal Hastert’s past relationship with the male. “It was sex,’’ the source said. The other official confirmed that the misconduct involved sexual abuse.

Cue the homophobic right wing's outrage at how gays corrupt even the most pristine public officials in 3, 2, 1...

Link: http://crooksandliars.com/2015/05/la-times-hastert-misconduct-involves

Abstinence education appears to not even work on the guys who vote for it. Also, Segami posted about a CSPAN caller from Yorkville who asked Hastert if they remember him, then laughed and hung up. Hmmm: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6746576

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Notice how he didn't give up until the word got on the street. Baitball Blogger May 2015 #1
Sick fuck. JaneyVee May 2015 #2
LATimes Has It Now... WillyT May 2015 #3
I called buggery yesterday. AngryAmish May 2015 #4
or "duggary" cyberswede May 2015 #14
Speaking of "duggary"... KansDem May 2015 #22
Excellent use of the word! d_legendary1 May 2015 #26
Just like Josh Duggar, he held onto his position until the very last. Rex May 2015 #5
What if Mr. A was a student in his class malaise May 2015 #8
Actually, that was my assumption. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #24
One more ReTHUG scumbag hoisted malaise May 2015 #29
It was a male student. eom MohRokTah May 2015 #25
You're thinking small. Gore1FL May 2015 #42
LOL malaise May 2015 #68
It was a minor. HooptieWagon May 2015 #57
I'm grave dancing for Hastert malaise May 2015 #69
If that's the case TlalocW May 2015 #81
So what did I win? lonestarnot May 2015 #6
I think the prizes were a choice of either: misterhighwasted May 2015 #36
Of course it was sex... SoCalDem May 2015 #7
Forgive him for he has sinned. Exilednight May 2015 #19
Me too! Generic Other May 2015 #65
Yes. It was a mistake he made when he was "young and irresponsible." City Lights May 2015 #30
I tend to think of it as 'young and juicy.' Shrike47 May 2015 #47
What if they end up in the same jail cell! misterhighwasted May 2015 #38
His Twitter bio is gold: peecoolyour May 2015 #9
They won't forget about you now nt nichomachus May 2015 #11
What a narcissitic creep! Baitball Blogger May 2015 #12
Awww, poor thing! City Lights May 2015 #32
and going to the bank malaise May 2015 #33
I wonder if Hastert's creepy CSPAN call was related nichomachus May 2015 #10
I bet so, and I bet a name/names aren't far down the road. MerryBlooms May 2015 #17
Watch his neck carefully in that video malaise May 2015 #70
I may be misremembering but I swear Skidmore May 2015 #13
Cannonfire noted some of the rumors in 2006 starroute May 2015 #50
He covered up for Foley back in 2006 malaise May 2015 #71
So was it an underage student? nt sufrommich May 2015 #15
Probably. daleanime May 2015 #21
Depends of the age of consent then...BUT SoCalDem May 2015 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author MerryBlooms May 2015 #16
Rumors circulated for YEARS... nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #18
Link? nt Logical May 2015 #60
What to rumors and what people said in private nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #62
See #50 above. Skidmore May 2015 #72
Thanks!!! nt Logical May 2015 #74
I missed that nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #75
So...THAT's what they mean by the 'Hastert Rule'. progressoid May 2015 #20
And the Illinois Statute of Limitations has run out. MohRokTah May 2015 #23
As Tricky Dick used to say, though. roamer65 May 2015 #77
Where did Hastert get $3 million for the payoff aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #27
He's been a lobbyist for years, iirc from Rachel Maddow. There's a lot of money in that. nt Hekate May 2015 #37
Might be 100% true bluestateguy May 2015 #28
More republican duggary? workinclasszero May 2015 #31
TeaBaggery? TeaDuggary? blm May 2015 #43
Why does the system reward someone so easily blackmailed with a rise to power? leveymg May 2015 #34
Want to bet that Bruce was on Coach Hastert's wrestling team? Hekate May 2015 #35
rumors for years gwheezie May 2015 #39
:( bravenak May 2015 #40
Didn't Hastert derail the Foley investigation?? Angry Dragon May 2015 #41
yes he did. mopinko May 2015 #54
Yes, yes he did nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #66
Methinks they doth protest too much! Ford_Prefect May 2015 #45
Ew. I'll just bet that Huckabee won't say that Jesus forgave him for THAT. catbyte May 2015 #46
A winner am I, sadLy enough. Shrike47 May 2015 #48
What are the chances dhol82 May 2015 #49
Yup! gvstn May 2015 #78
Whoa! dhol82 May 2015 #79
Wheaton College Mz Pip May 2015 #51
I won I won! d_b May 2015 #52
The other potential scandal here is that the GOP put this man just two steps from the Presidency aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #53
sucker bet. mopinko May 2015 #55
Yes, it is as I suspected. I heard this rumor DECADES ago, before Hastert became Speaker, back MADem May 2015 #56
Me too, though later than you nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #64
Yet another Republican pedophile. Gee, what a shock CanonRay May 2015 #58
I wish Bill Maher was on this week aint_no_life_nowhere May 2015 #59
Hastert the Unspeakable. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #61
Nope Kalidurga May 2015 #63
So, did Hastert initate the Hush Money?? Or was it blackmail?? HereSince1628 May 2015 #67
Unless the other person asked specifically for the money -- AND there's a record of it nichomachus May 2015 #73
Diseased old white right wingers pffffft katsy May 2015 #76
Coach and long showers... Historic NY May 2015 #80
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