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A fine upstanding poster
AND THEN I BLASTED BILL CLINTON FOR BEING IMMORAL
During nearly 30 years as a REPUBLICAN state and federal lawmaker, Dennis Hastert presented himself as a champion of children.
Hastert supported the Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2000, which among other measures, sought to prevent and punish the sexual abuse of minors.
Hastert took a strong stance in a statement.
"It is important to to stop those predators before they strike, to put repeat child molesters into jail for the rest of their lives."
Hastert sexually abused five students when he was a high school teacher and wrestling coach.
Hastert's descent started with the enforcement of federal legislation that he championed: the Patriot Act.
The law requires banks to report cash transactions over $10,000.
The act also makes it illegal to structure transactions to evade that reporting.
Hastert tried to withdraw $3.5 million to compensate a man whom, at 14 years old, Hastert sexually abused when he was the boy's coach.
A bank teller supervisor contacted Hastert and said "the bank needed to understand his transactions pursuant to the PATRIOT Act," prosecutors state in their 26-page court filing. The filing also notes that Hastert crossed a bank officer who explained the institution needed information about Hastert's cash withdrawals to comply with the Patriot Act.
"Defendant stated that he was aware of the law," prosecutors wrote, "but that the PATRIOT Act was just for terrorism and he was not a terrorist."
Hastert's evasive answers led to more pressing questions and to his indictment, trial, and conviction.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dennis-hastert-lawmaker-record-met-20160413-story.html