Hastert Sentenced to 15 Months In Prison

A federal judge sentenced former House Speaker Dennis Hastert to 15 months in prison for evading banking rules in what prosecutors said was a bid to hide sexual misconduct allegations from decades ago, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin: “The defendant was a serial child molester.”

“The sentence of 15 months, plus two years of supervised released, was beyond the up to six months in prison that was suggested in the plea agreement he reached with federal prosecutors last year.”