$3.5 million in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against individual a. shortly thereafter defendant began providing individual a cash payments. prosecutors say hastert was illegally structuring money withdrawals from various banks. a law enforcement source tells fox that hastert was trying to cover up sexual misconduct from decades earlier, possibly going back to the 70s and early 80s when he was a high school teacher and wrestling coach in yorkville, illinois. hastert also has been charged with lying to fbi investigators for telling them he was withdrawing the money to keep it for himself. back to you. molly, thank you very much. well doctors once declared she was brain dead after a tragic mishap left her in a coma. taylor s family had all but given up hope. but she beat the odds making a miraculous recovery. the 17-year-old now celebrating
this falls in the category of an active department of justice criminal investigation. but i think i can speak pretty faithfully for everybody here at the white house that even though speaker hastert served as speaker of the house in the other party, that there s nobody here who takes who derives any pleasure from reading about the former speaker s legal troubles at this point. reporter: from current republican house speaker john boehner, this statement. quote, 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. the indictment says that someone identified as individual a came to hastert sometime around 2010 and discussed something that happened in their past between hastert and individual a. here s how the indictment lays it out. quote, during the 2010 meetings and subsequent discussions, defendant john dennis hastert agreed to provide individual a
behalf of his constituents and the country. i m shocked and saddened to learn of these reports. dick durbin who also served in the house of representative with hastert had this to say on friday. something i never, ever would have imagined. i woke up today, still shocked at the news that s coming out on this. i don t know the details. we haven t heard his side of the story in fairness but it s really troubling. the u.s. district judge has not set hastert s arraignment date yet, but we expect it to be quote, soon. what do we know about the recipient of the money? not too much. the indictment says someone individual a, came and discussed something that happened in their past between them. here s how the indictment lays it out, quote, during a 2010 meeting and subsequent meetings
defendant john dennis hastert agreed to provide individual a $3.5 million in order to conceal his alleged misconduct with individual a. shortly thereafter he began providing individual a cash payments. he is charged with lying to investigators for telling them he was withdrawing the money to keep it for himself. thank you so much molly. well the family of a soldier who died during a strain training exercise is speaking out about the policy that will not allow their son to be buried at arlington cemetery. the latest on the search for a killer tonight.
and emergency crews had to clear the scene. a bus spokesman said if the accident happened next week the bus would have likely had many more passengers on board. no word yet on the cause of the crash. and new details on the controversy surrounding house speaker dennis hastert. he agreed to pay $3.5 million to cover up sexual misconduct during his time as a high school teacher and wrestling coach. he was indicted for allegedly concealing those payments. what s the reaction been? astonishment here in washington. the alleged misconduct happened dk aids ago, prior to dennis hastert s government service, and some of his former colleagues can t believe it. john boehner said the denny i served with, worked hard on