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JVoV -> Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 11:33:46 AM)
link here Payoff for a cover-up of some sort.

mnottertail -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 11:47:52 AM)
A slew of speakers of the house have been less than Jebus-like, for sure.

Aylee -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 12:01:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JVoV link here Payoff for a cover-up of some sort. A bastard?

HunterCA -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 12:03:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aylee quote: ORIGINAL: JVoV link here Payoff for a cover-up of some sort. A bastard? They do make it sound as if it's a wrestling coach thing.

Sanity -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 12:16:28 PM)
As notoriously partisan as Obamas IRS and DOJ etc have been, any such indictment of someone who has an R by their name (or who has been critical of the administration, or the "liberal" agenda) is by default accompanied by the tainted smell of political hackery

mnottertail -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 12:37:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sanity As notoriously partisan as Obamas IRS and DOJ etc have been, any such indictment of someone who has an R by their name (or who has been critical of the administration, or the "liberal" agenda) is by default accompanied by the tainted smell of political hackery It would appear that any partisan stuff in the IRS was fomented by W appointees. Yeah, well said, 'r's are indeed taints.

MrRodgers -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 1:16:39 PM)
This just further proves once again the naivete in our founding father's belief, that the American businessman/politician would be as statesman-like as they where and the greed and corruption wouldn't rear its ugly head. Little did they know hey !!

DesideriScuri -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 1:56:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JVoV link here Payoff for a cover-up of some sort. I welcome him getting the Justice he deserves for what he's guilty of.

JVoV -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 2:07:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri quote: ORIGINAL: JVoV link here Payoff for a cover-up of some sort. I welcome him getting the Justice he deserves for what he's guilty of. I'll add that if it's a case of blackmail, I hope the other party/parties see justice too.

markyugen -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 2:18:03 PM)
$3 mil appears to be the current cost of a Get Out of Jail Free card in American Monopoly.

TheUltimate4Him -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 3:06:26 PM)
I'm waiting for the Clintons to be indicted. And stephanopolus to be suspended. Interesting how Hastert is the main concern.

DaddySatyr -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 3:11:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JVoV I'll add that if it's a case of blackmail, I hope the other party/parties see justice too. One report I heard said that the person who received the $3.5M was a "co-operating witness" which, in "Fed Speak" usually means "Immunity". Maybe I'm naive but I would think the BlackmailER would be a "bigger fish" than the BlackmailEE. That said, I believe the charges are withdrawing amounts of cash to keep his activities "under the radar" (Under $10,000 per withdrawal) and lying to FBI investigators. Michael

Lucylastic -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/29/2015 4:05:44 PM)
Hastert Case Is Said to Be Tied to Decades-Old Sexual Abuse J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, was paying a man to not say publicly that Mr. Hastert had sexually abused him decades ago, according to two people briefed on the evidence uncovered in an F.B.I. investigation into the payments. Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced the indictment of Mr. Hastert on allegations that he made cash withdrawals designed to hide those payments and for lying to federal authorities about the purpose of the withdrawals. ttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/us/politics/hastert-indictment.html?emc=edit_na_20150529

hot4bondage -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (5/31/2015 7:31:16 AM)
Hastert was appointed during the Clinton/Gingrich sex scandals. GOP really needed someone who appeared to be above the fray. Oops. Lucky for them the story took so long to break.

KenDckey -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (6/1/2015 12:10:16 AM)
If he is guilty, put him in jail just like any other criminal. If innocent, pay his costs for lawyers, etc

HunterCA -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (6/1/2015 7:53:26 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MrRodgers This just further proves once again the naivete in our founding father's belief, that the American businessman/politician would be as statesman-like as they where and the greed and corruption wouldn't rear its ugly head. Little did they know hey !! Sooo, your solution is a big government that has control of everything?

mnottertail -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (6/1/2015 8:05:07 AM)
Your solution is anarchy?

Sanity -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (6/1/2015 9:12:54 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HunterCA quote: ORIGINAL: MrRodgers This just further proves once again the naivete in our founding father's belief, that the American businessman/politician would be as statesman-like as they where and the greed and corruption wouldn't rear its ugly head. Little did they know hey !! Sooo, your solution is a big government that has control of everything? More power for people like Hastert (Of course)

Aylee -> RE: Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted (6/3/2015 2:58:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr quote: ORIGINAL: JVoV I'll add that if it's a case of blackmail, I hope the other party/parties see justice too. One report I heard said that the person who received the $3.5M was a "co-operating witness" which, in "Fed Speak" usually means "Immunity". Maybe I'm naive but I would think the BlackmailER would be a "bigger fish" than the BlackmailEE. That said, I believe the charges are withdrawing amounts of cash to keep his activities "under the radar" (Under $10,000 per withdrawal) and lying to FBI investigators. Michael Those are the charges and I am not particularly comfortable with them. I do not think that evading government surveillance should be a crime. Especially for an activity that is otherwise legal.

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