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Because he was so darn noncontroversial, nonscandalous. as they say, squeaky clean. today denny hastert was indicted by a federal grand jury in what appears to be an elaborate hush-money scheme, maybe a blackmail scheme? john stanton at buzzfeed was first to report this indictment today, and although apparently there had been rumors in washington for a few weeks that denny hastert was maybe in some kind of legal trouble, for most people, the news late today came as a bolt from the blue. and the indictment is short. it's only seven pages. i print them two pages to a sheet so for me it's even sh...

And the indictment is short. it's only seven pages. i print them two pages to a sheet so for me it's even shorter. but it's a dramatic and mysterious indictment. it describes a series of meetings that happened between some unnamed person and denny hastert starting in 2010. in 2010 denny hastert had already left congress. allegedly this person starting in 2010 this person confronted denny hastert about some kind of past misconduct past misconduct by denny hastert against this individual, misconduct that had occurred, quote, years earlier. "during the 2010 meetings and subsequent discussionings,...

Some unnamed person and denny hastert starting in 2010. in 2010, denny hastert had already left congress. allegedly this person starting in 2010, this person confronted denny hastert about some kind of past misconduct, past misconduct by denny hastert against this individual, misconduct that had occurred, quote, years earlier. "during the 2010 meetings and subsequent discussions, defendant j. dennis hastert agreed to provide individual a with $3.5 million in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against individual a." now, at no point in this indictment do we learn who indiv...