# Dennis Hastert
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John dennis hastert (; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician and convicted felon 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, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history. After being convicted of financial crimes related to repeated incidents of child molestation, he became the highest-ranking elected official in U.S. history to have served a prison sentence.From 1965 to 1981, Hastert was a high school teacher and coach at Yorkville High School in Yorkville, Illinois. He lost a 1980 bid for the Illinois House of Representatives, but ran again and won a seat in 1981.
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CBS News forced into embarrassing takedown over disgraced GOP speaker's obituary
What happened
CBS News deleted and replaced a social media post announcing former House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s death after criticism that it reduced his criminal case to “violating banking laws” while omitting the sexual abuse those violations concealed. According to RawStory, CBS acknowledged th…
CBS News forced into embarrassing takedown over disgraced GOP speaker's obituary
What happened
CBS News deleted and replaced a social media post announcing former House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s death after criticism that it reduced his criminal case to “violating banking laws” while omitting the sexual abuse those violations concealed. According to RawStory, CBS acknowledged th…
Dennis, The Menace
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Former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert died this week, and it’s almost like he never molested a bunch of children then got busted for buying their silence.
In this episode, Matt and Brian discuss:
* The told and untold s…
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