The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Dennis Hastert apparently paid hush money to someone to conceal some type of sexual misconduct on Hastert's part.
The events apparently took place during the time that Hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach at Yorkville (IL) High School. There seems to be no connection to Hastert's political career or the time he spent as Speaker of the House.
There is not a great deal of information in the story, but someone seems to finally be giving a reason for Hastert's indictment.
I'm at work but wanted to get this out there.
12:04 PM PT: The person involved is a male.
12:25 PM PT: There may have been more than one victim
http://www.buzzfeed.com/...
Thanks to It's the Supreme Court Stupid
(Sorry for the clumsy link)
1:09 PM PT: The NY Times has a few more specifics. Apparently a man has claimed that he was touched by Hastert when Hastert was a teacher and coach at Yorkville High School.
http://www.nytimes.com/...