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Be arraigned as early as next week. 73-year-old ex-republican congressman accused of lying to the fbi and skirting bank laws so he could give millions of dollars in hush money to an unidentified person who apparently knew about alleged misconduct. now a law enforcement source tells cnn hastert was paying a former male student, to keep quiet about allegations of sexual abuse. hastert used to be a high school teacher. and a history teach anywhere fact and a wrestling coach in illinois back in 1965. and continued until 1981. he allegedly paid nearly $2 million in this hush money. but agreed to pay $3.5 million overall. well joining us on the phone now is katherine skiba, a washington correspondent for the chicago tribune. we re looking for clarity here. good morning. there is this report from another tribune paper about a second person who has come out ....
House speaker, paying to a high school in illinois where he once taught and also was a wrestling coach. more than $1 million for this former student to keep allegations of sexual misconduct quiet. hastert has not commented publicly. we ve been reaching out to him but he abruptly resigned from a washington, d.c. law firm as well as from a chicago derivatives firm. this indictment focuses not on this misconduct but more on the former wrestling coach s money and how he moved that money and allegedly paying often this former student. prosecutors saying he agreed to pay an unnamed individual $3.5 million to cover up his past misconduct according to court records. the investigations started two years when the fbi started investigating mystery transactions made by hastert and bang withdrawals of more than $950,000. the fbi alleges that several of these withdrawals were less than $10,000, so that he could evade ....
There are stunning new allegations tonight against the former speaker of the house of representatives dennis hastert. authorities now say the man who was once second in line to the presidency was lying to the fbi about his role in a major extortion scandal and new questions tonight about what he was trying to cover up. our justice correspondent pamela brown is here with us. she s got new information. what is going on? reporter: first came the indictment yesterday, wolf and justice department officials said then dennis hastert lied to fbi. we ve learned about alleged misconducted with an underaged former student several years ago was it s reason behind the hush money fbi authorities were talking about indictment. federal sources tell cnn hastert, longers serving u.s. ....