dennis hastert

YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) — An attorney for Dennis Hastert has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a victim of sexual abuse seeking outstanding hush-money payments from the imprisoned former U.S. House speaker.

The former Speaker of the House is headed to prison.

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors in Dennis Hastert's hush-money case are seeking up to six months in prison for the former U.S. House speaker.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former colleagues of Dennis Hastert say allegations of sexual abuse by the one-time House speaker clash with a reason Republicans made him leader — his squeaky-clean reputation.