Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert | |
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Bob Walker | |
Succeeded by | Roy Blunt |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 14th district | |
In office January 3, 1987 – November 26, 2007 | |
Preceded by | John Grotberg |
Succeeded by | Bill Foster |
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 82nd district | |
In office January 1983 – January 1987 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Edward Petka |
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 39th district | |
In office January 1981 – January 1983 Serving with Suzanne L. "Sue" Deuchler, Lawrence "Laz" Murphy | |
Preceded by | William L. Kempiners Allan L. "Al" Schoeberlein |
Succeeded by | Kenneth C. Cole |
Personal details | |
Born | John Dennis Hastert January 2, 1942 Aurora, Illinois, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Jean Kahl (m. 1973) |
Children | 2 |
Education | North Central College Wheaton College, Illinois (BA) Northern Illinois University (MS) |
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John Dennis Hastert (/ˈhæstərt/; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician, educator, convicted felon and child sex offender who represented Illinois's 14th congressional district from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007.[1] Hastert was the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history. After Democrats gained a majority in the House in 2007, Hastert resigned and began work as a lobbyist. In 2016, he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for financial offenses related to the sexual abuse of teenage boys.[2][3]
From 1965 to 1981, Hastert was a high school teacher and coach at
In May 2015, Hastert was indicted on federal charges of
Early life and early career
Hastert was born on January 2, 1942, in
Hastert grew up in a rural Illinois farming community. His middle-class family owned a farm supply business and a family farm; Hastert bagged and hauled feed and performed farm chores.
Hastert briefly attended
Hastert was employed by Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 for 16 years, from 1965 to 1981.[17] Hastert began working there, at age 23, while still attending NIU.[10] Throughout that time, Hastert worked as a teacher at Yorkville High School (teaching government, history, economics, and sociology), where he also served as a football and wrestling coach.[10][18] Hastert led the school's wrestling team to the 1976 state title and was later named Illinois Coach of the Year.[10] According to federal prosecutors, during the time that he coached wrestling, Hastert sexually abused at least four of his students.[19]
Hastert was a
In 1973, Hastert married a fellow teacher at the high school, Jean Kahl, with whom he had two sons.[12]
Illinois House of Representatives
Hastert considered applying to become an assistant principal at the school, but then decided to enter politics, although at the time "he knew nothing about politics."
Hastert lost a 1980 Republican
Hastert served three terms in the state House from the 82nd district,
In 1986, at the urging of Governor James R. Thompson, Hastert developed a plan to deregulate Illinois utility companies.[14] Under the plan developed by Hastert and Republican staffers, property and gross-receipts taxes that utilities paid would be eliminated and replaced with a "state service tax" that service-industry businesses (ranging from insurers to funeral homes) would pay.[14] Critics of the plan said that it was too favorable to utility companies, and the proposal was not adopted.[14]
U.S. House of Representatives
Meanwhile, Hastert's political mentor Grotberg had been elected to Congress as the representative from Illinois's 14th district, which covered a swath of exurban territory west of Chicago. Grotberg was diagnosed with cancer in 1986, and was unable to run for a second term.[10][12] Hastert was nominated to replace him; in the general election in November 1986, he defeated Democratic candidate Mary Lou Kearns, the Kane County coroner, in a relatively close race.[10][12]
Hastert was then reelected in his
Following the
As a protégé of
Hastert developed a close relationship with
On the eve of his elevation to Speaker, Hastert was described as "deeply conservative at heart" by the
Hastert criticized the
Hastert was the "House Republicans' leader on anti-narcotics efforts"
In redistricting following the
Committee assignments and House positions
Hastert served on the following House committees and in the following House positions. (This list does not include subcommittee assignments or positions within the Republican Conference).
- 101st Congress (1989–1991) – Government Operations; Public Works and Transportation; Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families[36]
- 102nd Congress (1991–1993) – Energy and Commerce; Government Operations; Hunger[37]
- 103rd Congress (1993–1995) – Energy and Commerce; Government Operations[38]
- 104th Congress (1995–1997) – Chief Deputy Majority Whip; Commerce; Government Reform and Oversight[39]
- 105th Congress (1997–1999) – Chief Deputy Majority Whip; Commerce; Government Reform and Oversight[40]
- Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies[41]
- 107th Congress (2001–2003) – The Speaker[42]
- ex officio)[43]
- 109th Congress (2005–2007) – The Speaker; Intelligence (ex officio)[44]
Speaker of the House
In the aftermath of the
Although he reportedly had no warning of Livingston's decision to step aside, Hastert "began lobbying on the House floor within moments" of Livingston's announcement, and by the afternoon of that day had secured the public backing of the House Republican leadership, including Gingrich, DeLay (who was "viewed as too partisan to step into the role of Speaker") and Dick Armey (who was "viewed as too weak" and was damaged by party infighting).[25][46] On that day, Hastert was endorsed by about 100 Republican representatives, ranging from conservatives such as Steve Largent to moderates such as Mike Castle, for the speakership.[46] Representative Christopher Cox of California, viewed as a potential rival, decided by evening not to challenge Hastert for the speakership.[46] Hastert became known as "the Accidental Speaker."[47][48]
In accepting the position, Hastert broke the tradition that the new speaker deliver his first address from the speaker's chair, instead delivering his seventeen-minute acceptance speech from the floor.[49] Hastert adopted a conciliatory tone and pledged to work for bipartisanship, saying that: "Solutions to problems cannot be found in a pool of bitterness."[49][50]
Nevertheless, in November 2004, Hastert instituted what became known as the
Congressional expert
Hastert adopted a much lower profile in the media than conventional wisdom would suggest for a Speaker. This led to accusations that he was only a figurehead for DeLay.[57] In 2005, DeLay was indicted by a Texas grand jury on charges of campaign-finance violations. DeLay stepped down as majority leader and was replaced in that post by Roy Blunt; DeLay resigned from Congress the following year.[58][59]
Throughout his term, Hastert was a strong supporter of the
Earmarks—line-item projects inserted into appropriations bills at the request of individual members, and often referred to as "pork-barrel" spending—"exploded under [Hastert's] leadership," growing from $12 billion in 1999 (at the beginning of Hastert's term) to an all-time high of $29 billion in 2006 (Hastert's last year as speaker).[47] Hastert himself made earmarks a personal trademark; from 1999 to May 2005, Hastert obtained $24 million in federal earmarked grant funds to groups and institutions in Aurora, Illinois, Hastert's birthplace and his district's largest city.[64]
106th Congress
In March 1999, soon after Hastert's elevation to the speakership, the Washington Post, in a front-page story, reported that Hastert "has begun offering industry lobbyists the kind of deal they like: private audiences where, for a price, they can voice their views on what kind of agenda the 106th Congress should pursue."[65] Hastert's style and extensive fundraising led Common Cause to critique the "pay-to-play system" in Congress.[65]
Hastert was known as a frequent critic of Bill Clinton, and immediately upon assuming the speakership, he "played a lead role" in the impeachment of the president.[66] Nevertheless, Hastert and the Clinton administration did work together on several initiatives, including the New Markets Tax Credit Program and Plan Colombia.[25]
In 2000, Hastert announced he would support an Armenian genocide resolution. Analysts noted that at the time there was a tight congressional race in California, in which might be important to have the large Armenian community in favor of the Republican incumbent. The resolution, vehemently opposed by Turkey, had passed the Human Rights Subcommittee of the House and the International Relations Committee, but Hastert, although first supporting it, withdrew the resolution on the eve of the full House vote. He explained this by saying that he had received a letter from Clinton asking him to withdraw it because it would harm U.S. interests.[67] Even though there is no evidence that a payment was made, an official at the Turkish Consulate is said to have claimed in a recording that was translated by Sibel Edmonds that the price for Hastert to withdraw the Armenian genocide resolution would have been at least $500,000.[68][69]
107th Congress
"Hastert and the senior Republican leadership in the House were able to maintain
As Speaker, Hastert shepherded the
As speaker, Hastert also oversaw the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, a major education bill; the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 legislation; and the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which reorganized the government and created the Department of Homeland Security.[70] Although Hastert was successful in implementing Bush policy priorities, during his tenure the House also "regularly passed conservative bills only to have them blocked in the more moderate Senate."[70] One such bill was an energy bill, backed by the Bush administration, which would have authorized drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; this provision was killed in the Senate.[70]
Hastert opposed the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold), the landmark campaign finance reform law.[30] In 2001, during the debate on the bill, Hastert criticized Republican Senator John McCain, the bill's cosponsor, saying that McCain had "bullied" House Republicans by sending them letters in support of his campaign-finance reform proposals.[75] Hastert called the legislation "the worst thing that ever happened to Congress"[76] and expressed the view that there were "constitutional flaws" in the legislation.[77] Supporters of campaign-finance reform circumvented Hastert by means of a discharge petition, a seldom-used procedural mechanism in which a measure may be brought to a floor vote (over the objections of the speaker) if an absolute majority of Representatives sign a petition in support of doing so.[47] The discharge petition was not successfully used again[78] until 2015.[79]
108th Congress
In 2004, Hastert again feuded with McCain amid conflict between the House and the Senate over the 2005 budget.[80] After "McCain gave a speech excoriating both political parties for refusing to sacrifice their tax cutting and spending agendas in wartime," Hastert publicly questioned McCain's "credentials as a Republican and suggested that the decorated Vietnam War veteran did not understand the meaning of sacrifice."[80]
Hastert was key to the passage in November 2003 of
In 2004, Hoyer called upon Hastert to initiate a House Ethics Committee investigation into statements by Representative
109th Congress
On October 27, 2005, Hastert became the first Speaker to author a blog.[84] On "Speaker's Journal" on his official U.S. House website, Hastert wrote in his first post: "This is Denny Hastert and welcome to my blog. This is new to me. I can't say I'm much of a techie. I guess you could say my office is teaching the old guy new tricks. But I'm excited. This is the future. And it is a new way for us to get our message out."[85]
On June 1, 2006, Hastert became the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history, surpassing the record previously held by fellow Illinoisan Joseph Gurney Cannon, who held the post from November 1903 to March 1911.[86][87]
In 2005, following Hurricane Katrina, Hastert told an Illinois newspaper that "It looks like a lot of that place [referring to New Orleans] could be bulldozed" and stated that spending billions of dollars to rebuild the devastated city "doesn't make sense to me."[88] The remarks enraged Governor Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana, who stated that Hastert's comments were "absolutely unthinkable for a leader in his position" and demanded an immediate apology.[88] Former President Bill Clinton, responding to the remarks, stated that had they been in the same place when the remarks were made, "I'm afraid I would have assaulted him."[88] After the remarks caused a furor, Hastert issued a statement saying he was not "advocating that the city be abandoned or relocated" and later issued another statement saying that "Our prayers and sympathies continue to be with the victims of Hurricane Katrina."[88] Hastert was also criticized for being absent from the Capitol during the approval of a $10.5 billion Katrina relief plan; Hastert was in Indiana attending a colleague's fundraiser and an antique car auction. Hastert later said that he donated the proceeds from one of the antique cars he sold at the auction to hurricane relief efforts.[88]
Ethics
When the United States House Committee on Ethics recommended a series of reprimands against Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Hastert fired committee Chairman Joel Hefley, (R-CO), as well as committee members Kenny Hulshof, (R-MO) and Steve LaTourette, (R-OH).[56] After DeLay's associates were indicted, Hastert enacted a new rule allowing DeLay to keep the majority leadership even if DeLay himself was indicted.[56]
A September 2005 article in Vanity Fair revealed that during her work, former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds had heard Turkish wiretap targets boast of covert relations with Hastert. The article states, "the targets reportedly discussed giving Hastert tens of thousands of dollars in surreptitious payments in exchange for political favors and information."[68] A spokesman for Hastert later denied the claims, relating them to the Jennifer Aniston–Brad Pitt breakup.[89] Following his congressional career, Hastert received a $35,000 per month contract lobbying on behalf of Turkey.[90]
In December 2006, the House Ethics Committee determined that Hastert and other congressional leaders were "willfully ignorant" in responding to early warnings of the Mark Foley congressional page scandal, but did not violate any House rules.[91][92] In a committee statement, Kirk Fordham, who was Foley's chief of staff until 2005, said that he had alerted Scott B. Palmer, Hastert's chief of staff, to Foley's inappropriate advances toward congressional pages in 2002 or 2003, asking congressional leadership to intervene.[92] Then-House Majority Leader John Boehner and National Republican Congressional Committee chair Thomas M. Reynolds stated that they told Hastert about Foley's conduct in spring 2005.[92] A Hastert spokesman stated that "what Kirk Fordham said did not happen."[92] Hastert also stated that he could not recall conversations with Boehner and Reynolds, and that he did not learn of Foley's conduct until late September 2006, when the affair became public.[92]
In 2006, Hastert became embroiled in controversy over his championing of a $207 million
Four months later Hastert sold the land for a 500% profit.
In 2012, after Hastert had departed from Congress, the highway project was killed after federal regulators retracted the 2008 approval of an environmental impact statement for the project and agreed to an Illinois Department of Transportation request to redirect the funds for other projects.[98] Environmentalists, who opposed the project, celebrated its cancellation.[98]
In 2006, Hastert (along with then-Minority Leader
Departure from Congress
Before the
In October 2007, following months of rumors that Hastert would not serve out his term, the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call reported that Hastert had decided to resign from the House before the end of the year, triggering a special election.[104]
On November 15, 2007, Hastert delivered a farewell speech on the House floor, emphasizing the need for civility in politics; Hastert's speech was followed by remarks from Pelosi praising Hastert's service.[105][106] On November 26, 2007, Hastert submitted his resignation.[107]
Financial disclosure documents indicate that Hastert made a fortune from land deals during his time in Congress.
Post-congressional career
Lobbyist and consultant
In May 2008, six months after resigning from Congress, the Washington, D.C.-based
According to
Hastert also lobbied on behalf of
In 2014, Hastert's firm Dickstein Shapiro and the lobbying firm of former House majority leader-turned lobbyist Dick Gephardt split a $1.4 million annual lobbying contract with the government of Turkey.[114] In April 2013, Hastert and Gephardt traveled with eight members of Congress to Turkey, with all expenses paid by the Turkish government.[114][115] While members of Congress are generally prohibited from corporate-funded travel abroad with lobbyists (a rule enacted after the Abramoff scandal), the law permits lobbyists to plan and attend trips overseas if paid for by foreign countries.[114] Hastert defended the trip, saying that he had "meticulously" followed the rules and that the involvement of himself and Gephardt "allowed those members of Congress who were there to have a fuller experience."[114] A National Journal investigation highlighted the trip as an example of loopholes creating a situation in which "lobbyists who can't legally buy a lawmaker a sandwich can still escort members on trips all around the world."[115]
In March 2015, Hastert along with his associate (accompanied by several lobbyist associates, including former Representative
The day the 2015 indictment was unsealed, Hastert resigned his lobbyist position at Dickstein Shapiro, and his biography was removed from the firm's website.[118][119][120]
In addition to his lobbyist job, Hastert established his own consultancy, Hastert & Associates.[113] In 2008, Hastert also joined the board of directors of Chicago-based futures exchange company CME Group (which had been formed from the merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade), where he earned more than US$205,000 in total compensation in 2014.[121][122] On May 29, 2015, following his indictment, Hastert resigned from the board, effective immediately.[122]
Publicly funded post-speakership office
A controversy arose in 2009 regarding Hastert's receipt of federal funds while a lobbyist.[123][124] Under a 1975 federal law, Hastert, as a former House Speaker, was entitled to a public allowance (about $40,000 a month) for a five-year period to allow him to maintain an office.[123] Hastert accepted the funds, which went toward office space in far-west suburban
The federally funded benefits were legally required to be completely separate from Hastert's simultaneous lobbying activities for Dickstein Shapiro.[123][124] The arrangement was criticized as "really concerning" by Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, because the exact nature of the two roles was not transparent. A Hastert spokesman stated that the two offices were completely separate.[123][124] In 2012, however, a Chicago Tribune investigation found that "a secretary in the ex-speaker's government office used email to coordinate some of his private business meetings and travel, and conducted research on one proposed venture" and that "a suburban Chicago businessman who was involved in the business ventures with Hastert said he met with Hastert at least three times in the government office to discuss the projects."[125] Hastert denied that he had engaged in any improper conduct.[125]
Civil lawsuit alleging personal use of publicly funded office
In 2013, Hastert's former business partner J. David John filed a lawsuit in the
In April 2017, Judge Kocoras dismissed the suit, finding that John did not qualify as a "whistleblower" under the FCA.[130] John's attorney said that an appeal was possible.[130] The dismissal "did not turn on whether Hastert actually misused the speaker's office, but rather whether John met a prerequisite for [a False Claims Act] suit: that he brought the allegations to the government's attention before anyone else and before they were made public."[131] Kocoras held that John had falsely claimed that he had told the FBI about possible misuse of federal resources by Hastert.[131]
Other activities
After retiring from Congress, Hastert made occasional public appearances on political programs.
Sex abuse scandal and federal prosecution
Investigation into hush-money scheme
According to a 2017 interview with the two special agents leading the investigations—one each from the FBI and the
Indictment
On May 28, 2015, a seven-page indictment of Hastert by a
The indictment charged Hastert with unlawfully
The indictment itself did not specify the exact nature of the "past misconduct" referred to.[17] The U.S. Attorney's Office limited details in the indictment of Hastert, in part because of a request from Hastert's attorneys.[141][142][143]
On May 29, Hastert was released on his own recognizance on a preliminary bail of $4,500 set by a magistrate judge.[122][142]
In June
Sex abuse allegations emerge
On May 29, 2015, after Hastert had been indicted for illicitly structuring financial transactions, two people briefed on the evidence from the case stated that "Individual A"—the man to whom Hastert was making payments—had been sexually abused by Hastert during Hastert's time as a teacher and coach at Yorkville High School and that Hastert had paid $1.7 million out of a total $3.5 million in promised payment.[21] On the same day, the Los Angeles Times reported that investigators had spoken with another former student who made similar allegations that corroborated what the first student said.[146] Hastert admitted to committing sexual abuse during sentencing on the structuring charge.[7][147]
On June 5, 2015,
Reinboldt died of an
, which angered Burdge. She said:I was just there just trying to bite my tongue thinking that blood was coming out because I was just ... So after he had gone through the line I followed him out into the parking lot of the funeral home. I said, "I want to know why you did what you did to my brother." And he just stood there and stared at me. He didn't say, "What are you talking about?" you know, [or], "What? I don't know what you're talking about." He just stood there and stared at me. Then I just continued to say, "I want you to know your secret didn't die in there with my brother. And I want you to remember that I'm out here and that I know." And again, he just stood there and he did not say a word.[148]
Hastert then got in his car and left. Burdge said Hastert's lack of a response "said everything".[148]
Following Reinboldt's death, around the time that the Mark Foley scandal broke in 2006, Burdge unsuccessfully attempted to bring the allegations against Hastert to light. She contacted ABC News and the Associated Press (AP) on an off-the-record basis, and also contacted some advocacy groups.[148][149] ABC News and the AP could not corroborate Burdge's allegation at the time, and Hastert denied the accusation to ABC News at the time, so the claim was not published.[148][149][151]
ABC News reported that "for years, Jolene watched helplessly as Hastert basked in fame and power, seated to the left of the president for years in the early 2000s, during the nationally televised
Reactions
The emergence of the sexual abuse allegations against Hastert brought renewed attention to the 2006 Mark Foley scandal, and the criticism of Hastert that he failed to take appropriate action in that case.[153][154]
In the wake of the sexual abuse allegations, journalists noted that Hastert was a supporter of measures which sought to enhance punishments for child sexual abuse, such as the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act and the Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2000.[155][156] In 2003, Hastert publicly called for legislation to "put repeat child molesters into jail for the rest of their lives".[156]
Hastert resigned his lobbyist position at the law and lobbying firm Dickstein Shapiro the day the indictment was unsealed.[118][119][120] His biography was quickly removed from the firm's website and the firm purged all mentions of him from its previously posted press releases.[117] According to a report in Politico, Hastert's resignation left the firm "reeling".[117] Following the Hastert indictment, Dickstein Shapiro's biggest domestic client, Fuels America, terminated its lobbying contract with the firm.[117]
On May 29, 2015, Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 released a statement reading:
The District was first made aware of any concerns regarding Mr. Hastert when the federal indictment was released on May 28, 2015. Yorkville Community Unit School District #115 has no knowledge of Mr. Hastert's alleged misconduct, nor has any individual contacted the District to report any such misconduct. If requested to do so, the District plans to cooperate fully with the U.S. Attorney's investigation into this matter.[157]
James Harnett, who was superintendent of the school district for five of the years that Hastert taught there, told the Chicago Tribune that he was not aware of any complaints of misconduct brought against Hastert at the time.[20]
On May 29, 2015, Senator Mark Kirk, Republican of Illinois, who served in the House throughout Hastert's tenure as speaker, released a statement reading: "Anyone who knows Denny is shocked and confused by the recent news. The former speaker should be afforded, like any other American, his day in court to address these very serious accusations. This is a very troubling development that we must learn more about, but I am thinking of his family during this difficult time."[20] On June 4, 2015, Kirk announced that he would donate to charity a $10,000 contribution made to Kirk's 2010 Senate campaign by Hastert's Keep Our Mission PAC.[158] Kirk's announcement was made following the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)'s call upon the senator to "return or donate Denny Hastert's money immediately".[159] The DSCC also called upon Republican Senators John Boozman of Arkansas and Roy Blunt of Missouri (who received $11,000 and $5,000, respectively, from Hastert's PAC in recent years) to return or donate the funds.[158]
On May 29, 2015, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest stated in response to a reporter's question that "there is nobody here" at the White House "who derives any pleasure from reading about the former Speaker's legal troubles at this point".[160][161] On the same day, House Speaker John Boehner, Republican of Ohio, issued a statement saying: "The Denny I served with worked hard on behalf of his constituents and the country. I'm shocked and saddened to learn of these reports."[21][162]
On May 30, 2015, Illinois's other senator, Dick Durbin, a Democrat, stated:
It seems so out of character for Denny. I just never could imagine that he'd be involved in anything like this ... We had our political differences, as you might expect, but I respected him as a colleague in the Illinois delegation and as Speaker.[163]
On June 2, 2015, former Federal Housing Finance Agency director and former U.S. Representative Mel Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, released a statement saying:
Over 15 years ago I heard an unseemly rumor from someone who, contrary to what has been reported, was not an intermediary or advocate for the alleged victim's family. It would not be the first nor last time that I, as a Member of Congress, would hear rumors or innuendoes about colleagues. I had no direct knowledge of any abuse by former Speaker Hastert and, therefore, took no action.[164]
The Hastert scandal was named by MSNBC as among the "top political sex scandals of 2015,"[165] by the Associated Press as one of the "top 10 Illinois stories of 2015,"[166] and by ABC News as one of the "biggest moments on Capitol Hill in 2015."[167] Hastert's sentencing was also named by the Associated Press as one of "top 10 Illinois stories of 2016".[168]
Arraignment and pretrial proceedings
The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge
Hastert hired attorney Thomas C. Green, a white-collar criminal defense lawyer and senior counsel at the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Sidley Austin, to defend him.[137][172] The prosecutors assigned to the case were originally Assistant United States Attorneys Steven Block and Carrie Hamilton.[173] Hamilton left the U.S. Attorney's Office in July 2015 after being appointed as a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County; Diane MacArthur replaced Hamilton on the Hastert prosecution team.[173]
The June 9, 2015 arraignment generated a degree of media interest at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse not seen since the proceedings against Illinois governors Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan on corruption charges.[174][175] The Chicago Tribune reported: "Hastert's entrance and exit from the courthouse touched off a wild scene as federal Homeland Security agents escorted Hastert and his attorneys to and from a waiting vehicle amid a crush of television news crews and photographers."[176] At the hearing, Hastert entered a plea of not guilty.[137][138][177] Durkin set a $4,500 unsecured bond as well as various other conditions of pretrial release, and Hastert surrendered his passport.[178]
At the arraignment, Durkin disclosed that he had contributed $500 in 2002 and $1000 in 2004 to the Hastert for Congress campaign; the contributions were made while Durkin was a partner at the law firm Mayer Brown, before he was appointed to the federal bench in 2012.[179] Hastert's son, Ethan, was a partner at Mayer Brown.[179] At the arraignment, Durkin stated that he had never met Hastert and that he believed he could be impartial, but gave the parties time to decide whether to object to his involvement in the case.[177][178][180] On June 11, federal prosecutors and Hastert's lawyers filed notices waiving any objection to Durkin presiding over the case.[181][182]
On June 12, federal prosecutors, with the agreement of Hastert's attorneys, filed a
At a status hearing on July 14 (which Hastert again did not attend), the parties updated the court on preparations for trial.[187] At the hearing, Green said: "The indictment has effectively been amended by leaks from the government. It is now an 800-pound gorilla in this case. It has been injected in this case I think impermissibly. (The question is) whether I wrestle with that gorilla or I don't wrestle with that gorilla."[188] Green also said that the defense would file a motion to dismiss the indictment, possibly under seal.[188] Judge Durkin "cautioned that even if he allows part or all of the motion to be hidden from the public, his ruling would be public and likely would disclose sealed portions of the motion."[188] At the same hearing, the prosecution said that they expected a trial to last about two weeks.[188]
Hastert shut down his "Keep Our Mission"
Guilty plea
On September 11, 2015, Judge Durkin granted a joint motion by the government and by Hastert to extend the deadline for filing pretrial motions for two weeks, "giving the two sides more time for discussions they have been engaged in."
On October 15, 2015, it was announced at a court hearing that Hastert and federal prosecutors had reached a plea agreement.[136] On October 28, 2015, under the plea agreement, Hastert appeared in court (the only time Hastert appeared personally in court after the arraignment) and pleaded guilty to the felony structuring charge.[5][194] The charge of "making false statements" (lying to the FBI) was dismissed.[195]
Hastert
The plea agreement allowed Hastert "to avoid a potentially long and embarrassing trial" and was thought to enable him to "keep secret information that he has hidden for years."[5][136][194]
Sentencing and admission of past sex abuse
Soon after pleading guilty, Hastert suffered a stroke, and was hospitalized from November 2015 to January 15, 2016.[197] Hastert remained free on bail pending sentencing.[195]
Sentencing was originally set for February 29, 2016.[194] However, in late January 2016, Hastert's attorneys asked the court to delay sentencing due to Hastert's ongoing health problems,[197] and Judge Durkin postponed sentencing until April 8, 2016.[198] In March, Judge Durkin ordered the appointment of a medical expert to review Hastert's health in preparation for sentencing.[199] Later in March, Judge Durkin postponed the sentencing hearing (over the objection of Hastert's attorneys) to April 27 so that a man who alleged sexual abuse by Hastert (identified as "Individual D" in court) could testify at the sentencing.[200]
In early April, the parties filed submissions in court ahead of sentencing.[2] The maximum sentence for the offense was five years in prison and a $250,000 fine,[119] although the Federal Sentencing Guidelines range was from probation to six months.[5][196] Hastert asked for probation.[7][2] A statement released by Hastert's counsel said: "Mr. Hastert acknowledges that as a young man, he committed transgressions for which he is profoundly sorry. He earnestly apologizes to his former students, family, friends, previous constituents and all others affected by the harm his actions have caused."[2][201] Hastert did not provide details.[2][201]
Hastert also filed under seal a response to the government's presentence investigation report.[2] In the prosecution's filing ahead of sentencing, federal prosecutors made allegations of sexual misconduct against Hastert (the first time they had done so publicly), saying that he had molested at least four boys as young as 14 (including Steve Reinboldt and others) while he worked as a high school wrestling coach decades earlier.[2] In a 26-page filing, prosecutors detailed "specific, graphic incidents" of sexual acts.[2][202] Prosecutors asked for a six-month sentence, as called for under federal sentencing guidelines.[2] Prosecutors also requested the court to order Hastert to undergo a sex offender evaluation and comply with any recommended treatment.[2] While Hastert's health problems had the possibility to help him avoid prison,[203] prosecutors noted in their court filing that he could receive medical treatment while incarcerated, if necessary.[2]
Sixty letters asking for leniency for Hastert were submitted to the court ahead of sentencing, but 19 of these letters were withdrawn after Judge Durkin said that he would not consider any letters that were not made public.
At the sentencing hearing on April 27, 2016, the government presented two witnesses. Jolene Burdge, the sister of Steve Reinboldt, read a letter that her brother had written shortly before his death in 1995. Addressing Hastert, Burdge stated that she wanted to "hold you accountable for sexually abusing my brother. I knew your secret, and you couldn't bribe or intimidate your way out. ... You think you can deny your abuse of Steve because he can no longer speak for himself – that's why I'm here."[6]
The second witness was Scott Cross ("Individual D") who publicly identified himself for the first time. Cross gave emotional testimony, telling the court that Hastert, whom he had trusted, had abused him and caused him to experience "intense pain, shame and guilt."[7][6][206] Cross's oldest brother is longtime Illinois House of Representatives Republican leader Tom Cross, a political protégé of Hastert's.[6][206]
Addressing the court, Hastert—who had arrived at court in a wheelchair—read from a written statement, apologizing for having "mistreated athletes."
Hastert could not be prosecuted for any of the acts of sexual abuse of which he had been accused because the applicable statute of limitations had expired decades earlier.[207]
Reactions
Following the sentence, the Chicago Tribune editorial board praised "the bravery of the victims and their families who confronted the man who was once second in line to be president" and wrote of the sentence: "The enduring impact is that the truth has been revealed. And for as long as the name Dennis Hastert is recalled, the man once respected as a leader will be known as a criminal, a scoundrel, a child molester."[208] The Washington Post editorial board hailed the sentence, writing that Hastert's victims "should not have had to struggle with what Mr. Hastert did to them all the while they watched him rise in stature and power."[209] The Post called for extending statutes of limitations in sex-abuse cases to give victims more time to come forward and prosecutors more time to pursue perpetrators.[209] New York Times columnist Frank Bruni wrote that Hastert's case underscored the danger that comes with the "quickness and frequency with which so many of us equate displays of religious devotion with actual rectitude," noting that Hastert's public displays of Christian faith during his time in office were "a factor in his colleagues' assessments of him as safe, uncontroversial."[210] Bruni also critiqued the testimonials that prominent Republicans submitted on Hastert's behalf before sentencing, saying that these "affirm the degree to which pacts rather than principle govern partisan politics today."[210]
Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine opined that the financial structuring offense to which Hastert pleaded guilty "should not be a crime ... even if it occasionally provides the means for punishing actual criminals who would otherwise escape justice."[211] Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic expressed similar views, writing: "The alarming aspect of this case is the fact that an American is ultimately being prosecuted for the crime of evading federal government surveillance."[212]
The Hastert scandal was one motivation for the advance of legislation in the
Incarceration
Hastert did not appeal his sentence.[215] Shortly after being sentenced, Hastert paid the $250,000 fine[216] and was ordered to report to prison on June 22, 2016.[217] On that date, Hastert reported to the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota to begin his prison term.[218]
In July 2017, after serving about 13 months of a 15-month sentence, Hastert was released from federal prison and returned to Chicago under "residential re-entry management" supervision.[8][219]
"James Doe" lawsuit
In April 2016, "Individual A" sued Hastert for
In November 2016, the court denied Hastert's motion to dismiss.[224] In September 2019, the court denied motions for summary judgment by each side.[225] In September 2021, days before trial was set to begin, Hastert reached a settlement with the plaintiff for an undisclosed amount.[222]
"Richard Doe" lawsuit
In May 2016, a second man filed a lawsuit against Hastert. The man alleged that Hastert sexually assaulted him in the bathroom of a community building in Yorkville in the summer of either 1973 or 1974, when the man was nine or ten years old and in the fourth grade. The complaint detailed the alleged violent assault as well as threats allegedly made by Hastert. The man only recognized Hastert as the assailant after Hastert appeared at Yorkville Grade School in gym class.[226][227] A Kendall County judge granted the man's motion to proceed anonymously under the "Richard Doe" pseudonym.[226] In the complaint, the man stated that when he was 20 or 21 years old, he comprehended what had occurred and reported the crime to the Kendall County State's Attorney's Office, but that then-state's attorney Dallas C. Ingemunson "threatened to charge him with a crime and accused him of slandering Hastert's name."[226] Ingemunson denied this allegation, calling it "bogus."[226] In May 2016, "Richard Doe" filed a report with the Kendall County Sheriff's Office, but the state's attorney's office determined that the statute of limitations barred a complaint against anyone."[226] NBC Chicago obtained a redacted version of the Sheriff's Office police report.[227]
In November 2017, this lawsuit was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations years earlier.[228][229]
Impact upon pensions
Soon after sentencing, the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System announced that Hastert would forfeit future teachers' pension benefits, effective immediately.[230] Hastert challenged this decision on the ground that the specific federal crime to which he pleaded guilty was not directly related to his time as a teacher.[231]
Hastert's pension for his service in the Illinois General Assembly—about $28,000 a year[231]—was originally unaffected.[230] However, in October 2016, the General Assembly Retirement System board of trustees unanimously voted to suspend Hastert's pension[231] and in April 2017 the board voted, 5–2, to terminate the pension.[232]
As of 2015, Hastert continued to receive his congressional pension,[233] which amounts to approximately $73,000 a year.[231]
Honors
In December 1999, Northern Illinois University conferred an
In 2002, Lewis University conferred an honorary degree upon Hastert. In 2015, following his guilty plea, the university said that it was "reviewing the status of the honorary degree."[237] Lewis University no longer shows Dennis Hastert as having earned an honorary degree.
The National Wrestling Hall of Fame awarded Hastert its Order of Merit in 1995 and named Hastert to its "Hall of Outstanding Americans" in 2000.[238][239][240] In May 2016, a few days after Hastert was sentenced to prison, the Hall of Fame (following a review)[238] revoked all of Hastert's honors, the first time the organization had ever taken such an action.[241]
The Three Fires Council of the Boy Scouts of America has honored Hastert with its distinguished service award.[20][239]
In March 2001,
In 2007, the J. Dennis Hastert Center for Economics, Government and Public Policy was founded at Wheaton College, the former Speaker's alma mater.[243] Hastert resigned from the board of advisers of the center on May 29, 2015, after the indictment against him was released.[244] On May 31, 2015, the college announced that it was removing his name from the center, renaming it the Wheaton College Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy.[245]
In 2009, Hastert's official portrait was unveiled and placed in the Speaker's Lobby adjacent to the House chamber, alongside portraits of other past House speakers. The 5' by 3½' portrait, executed by Westchester County, New York artist Laurel Stern Boeck, cost $35,000 in taxpayer funds.[234][239] In November 2015, the week after Hastert's guilty plea in his criminal case, the portrait was removed from the Speaker's Lobby on orders of Speaker Paul Ryan.[246]
In May 2009, Hastert accepted the Grand Cross of the Order of San Carlos from Álvaro Uribe, the president of Colombia.[15][247]
In May 2010, Hastert accepted the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from Akihito, emperor of Japan.[9][248]
In 2012, a plaque funded by private donors, "bearing Hastert's likeness and a list of his accomplishments," was placed in the historic Kendall County Courthouse in downtown Yorkville.[239] The plaque was taken down in 2015, following Hastert's guilty plea.[249]
In early May 2015 (before the indictment was released), a proposal in the
In 2015, following the unsealing of the indictment against Hastert the previous month, the Denny Hastert Yorkville Invitational, a popular wrestling tournament in Illinois,[252] was renamed the Fighting Foxes Invitational.[253]
Personal life
Marriage and family
Hastert has been married to Jean Hastert (
Hastert's son Ethan ran in 2010 as a Republican for his father's old congressional seat (Illinois' 14th congressional district), but was defeated in the primary by Illinois State Senator Randy Hultgren.[256] Hultgren received 55 percent of the vote, while Hastert received 45 percent.[256] In 2011, Ethan won a seat on the village board of Elburn, Illinois.[257] Ethan left the Elburn village board in 2014 because he and his family moved to nearby Campton Hills.[258] As of 2015, Ethan was a partner at the Chicago office of the law firm Mayer Brown.[66][259]
Health
Hastert suffers from
Hastert has received treatment for
In November 2015, the week after entering a guilty plea in federal court, Hastert suffered a
Electoral history
Congressional elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert | 77,288 | 52.37% | |
Democratic | Mary Lou Kearns | 70,293 | 47.63% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (I) | 161,146 | 73.71% | |
Democratic | Stephen Youhanaie | 57,482 | 26.29% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (I) | 112,383 | 66.91% | |
Democratic | Donald Westphal | 55,592 | 33.10% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (I) | 155,271 | 67.33% | |
Democratic | Jonathan Abram Reich | 75,294 | 32.65% | |
No party | (write-in votes) | 59 | 0.03 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (I) | 110,204 | 76.48% | |
Democratic | Steve Denari | 33,891 | 23.52% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (I) | 134,432 | 64.39% | |
Democratic | Doug Mains | 74,332 | 35.61% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (I) | 117,304 | 69.76% | |
Democratic | Robert A. Cozzi Jr. | 50,844 | 30.24% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (I) | 188,597 | 73.99% | |
Democratic | Vern Deljohnson | 66,309 | 26.01% | |
Independent | John Rosengarten | 3 | 0.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (I) | 135,198 | 74.14% | |
Democratic | Lawrence J. Quick | 47,165 | 25.86% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (I) | 191,618 | 68.63% | |
Democratic | Ruben Zamora | 87,590 | 31.37% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (I) | 117,870 | 59.79% | |
Democratic | John Laesh | 79,274 | 40.21% |
Speaker of the House elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert (IL 14) | 222 | 52.00 | |
Democratic | Dick Gephardt (MO 3) | 205 | 48.00 | |
Total votes | 427 | 100 | ||
Votes necessary | 214 | >50 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert* (IL 14) | 222 | 51.50 | |
Democratic | Dick Gephardt (MO 3) | 206 | 47.80 | |
Democratic | John Murtha (PA 12) | 1 | 0.23 | |
— | Present | 2 | 0.47 | |
Total votes | 431 | 100 | ||
Votes necessary | 216 | >50 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert* (IL 14) | 228 | 52.53 | |
Democratic | Nancy Pelosi (CA 8) | 201 | 46.31 | |
Democratic | John Murtha (PA 12) | 1 | 0.23 | |
— | Present | 4 | 0.93 | |
Total votes | 434 | 100 | ||
Votes necessary | 218 | >50 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hastert* (IL 14) | 226 | 52.92 | |
Democratic | Nancy Pelosi (CA 8) | 199 | 46.60 | |
Democratic | John Murtha (PA 12) | 1 | 0.24 | |
— | Present | 1 | 0.24 | |
Total votes | 427 | 100 | ||
Votes necessary | 214 | >50 |
See also
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External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Transcript (PDF) of Hastert sentencing hearing (April 27, 2015), made available by the Chicago Tribune
- Official biography from Dickstein Shapiro (this profile was removed from the firm's website after Hastert resigned following the announcement of the indictment, but the Internet Archive preserved a copy of the profile as it appeared on March 25, 2015)
- NewsMeat list of contributors to Hastert's campaigns
- Hastert Exhibit from Wheaton College Archives and Special Collections; includes archival photo gallery