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# Former House Speaker Receives Prison Time

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_Published 2016-04-27. Dennis Hastert arrived Wednesday in federal court to learn his sentence in a hush-money case centered on accusations that the former U.S. House speaker sexually abused at least four students decades ago when he coached wrestling at an Illinois school_


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## Transcript

[ MUSIC ] People have been very gracious in this district over the years. Since I've been Speaker. And allowed me to go out and do other races. I have done that. I've done probably 50 some races. [ APPLAUSE ] I want to say thank you for your support. You know there's a lot of great things we can continue to do. We need to keep this country safe. [ MUSIC ]

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