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Speaker Hastert

by Matt Marton
| April 11, 2016 5:16 PM

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2015 file photo, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves the federal courthouse in Chicago. Federal prosecutors say when they questioned Hastert about his large cash withdrawals the former House speaker told them he was being extorted by someone making a false claim of sex abuse. In a court filing Friday, April 8, 2016, prosecutors say Hastert agreed to let investigators record phone conversations he had with the man who later became known as ìIndividual A.î Agents later questioned Individual A, who told them about abuse that occurred when he was 14. (AP Photo/Matt Marton File)