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28. He WOULD have been a victim if he'd told the FBI the truth about what he was doing with the money

Fri May 29, 2015, 07:02 PM

May 2015

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and if the arrangements had been made without a lawyer. But unlike David Letterman, I guess Hastert decided that jail time would be less embarrassing.

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"Why is it a crime for him to reach a private monetary settlement with his victim rocktivity May 2015 #22

but in the latter case wouldn't Hastert himself be the victim? mike_c May 2015 #25

He WOULD have been a victim if he'd told the FBI the truth about what he was doing with the money rocktivity May 2015 #28

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