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Dennis Hastert sexual abuse allegations

Dennis Hastert was accused of sexually abusing multiple boys while a high school wrestling coach and pleaded guilty to financial crimes tied to hush money payments.

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Jan 18, 2026
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When did allegations about Dennis Hastert’s misconduct first emerge and how were they investigated?

The public allegations tying Dennis Hastert to sexual misconduct first became widely known in 2015 after a federal indictment for banking crimes revealed prosecutors believed large cash withdrawals we...

Jan 26, 2026

Which non-Democratic high-profile figures were convicted of sex crimes against minors in the last decade and how were those cases reported?

The contemporary reporting corpus provided names very few clearly non‑Democratic, high‑profile figures who were in the last decade; the most verifiable political example in these sources is , whose pr...