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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/27/dennis-hastert-sentenced-prison-child-molestation
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Former US house speaker Dennis Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Wednesday by a federal judge who called him a serial child molester after emotional testimony from a man who said Hastert abused him when he was 17.
Hastert admitted for the first time on Wednesday that he had abused multiple teenagers when he was a high school wrestling coach.
Hastert was charged with financial crimes in connection to payments he made to one of his victims, and pleaded guilty in October. Prosecutors said they would have charged Hastert with sex crimes had the statute of limitations not already passed.
In addition to jail time, US district judge Thomas Durkin ordered Hastert to pay a fine of $250,000 and fulfill a sex offender treatment program, and prohibited him from contacting his victims.