Payment Due?
Dennis Hastert
DISGUSTING
The ex-speaker of the House’s lawyers told a judge not to punish him for an ‘ambiguous’ incident when the former coach ‘massaged’ a wrestler’s ‘groin pull.’
Fall from Grace
Three male role models used their power to abuse children and to protect themselves. Respectability politics is partly to blame.
Fallen
Speaker Dennis Hastert pleaded not guilty to charges he intentionally avoided federal banking laws and lied to the FBI to cover up his dark past.
DAY IN COURT
The indicted former House Speaker heads to a Chicago courtroom over charges related to what the feds call “prior misconduct.”
opinion
WHAT REPUTATION?
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was paying hush money to protect his reputation. The question, however, is what reputation?
Hero No More
Dennis Hastert was a hometown hero to tiny Yorkville, Illinois, but allegations of a long-buried secret leave the farm town grappling with the vision of the man they thought they knew best.
DEBATE WRAP
Did Newt or Mitt triumph in Florida? Daily Beast contributors weigh in on the NBC debate.