from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. reporting tonight, lester holt. good evening. we begin with breaking news of the federal indictment announced late this afternoon of a man who was once one of the most powerful politicians in this country. dennis hastert charged tonight in connection with the scheme to pay more than $3 million of apparent hush money to someone and then lying to the fbi about the cash. the burning questions tonight are who is he paying and why? our justice correspondent pete williams has late details. reporter: the charges are a bolt from the blue involving dennis hastert, a public official for more than 25 years and house speaker from 1999 to 2007. the longest serving republican in that post. since 2008 he s been a lobbyist here in washington but prosecutors say for the past four years he has paid $1.7 million in apparent hush money. court papers say the payments went to someone identified only as individual a f
headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. reporting tonight, lester holt. good evening. we begin with breaking news of the federal indictment announced late this afternoon of a man who was once one of the most powerful politicians in this country. former speaker of the house dennis hastert charged tonight in connection with the scheme to pay more than $3 million of apparent hush money to someone and then lying to the fbi about the cash. the burning questions tonight are who is he paying and why? our justice correspondent pete williams has late details. reporter: the charges are a bolt from the blue involving dennis hastert, a public official for more than 25 years and house speaker from 1999 to 2007. the longest serving republican in that post. it stands approved. since 2008 he s been a lobbyist here in washington, but prosecutors say for the past four years he has paid $1.7 million in apparent hush money. court papers say the payments went to someone iden
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