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Former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert dead at 84

Former Republican Rep. Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving GOP House Speaker, died at 84 after a career marred by his bank fraud conviction.

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Fox News· Oct 5, 1:51 PMFormer Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert dead at 84
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Highest-ranking US official to ever serve jail time, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dead at 84Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., died at 84 as the highest-ranking U.S. official to ever serve jail time for federal banking crimes linked to hush money payments.

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Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84Former U.S. House Speaker John Hastert has died at the age of 84 from natural causes.

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who later admitted to sexual abuse, dead at 84Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who later admitted to sexually abusing children while a high school wrestling coach before entering politics, died over the weekend at his home.

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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, DiesThe longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.

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Dennis Hastert, GOP House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84 : NPRennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.

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CBS News under fire over glaring omission in Dennis Hastert death announcementCBS News set off a firestorm of criticism over its announcement on social media that disgraced former House speaker Dennis Hastert has died at 84. The longest-serving Republican House speaker was sentenced to 15 months in prison, making him the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to serve a prison sentence, after pleading guilty to illegally…

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Dennis Hastert, ex-House speaker whose sex abuse admission upended legacy, dies at 84The Illinois Republican helped spearhead President George W. Bush’s legislative agenda before his career ended in disgrace.

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