Expert to review ex-House Speaker Hastert's health: judge

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Wed Mar 16, 2016 4:06pm EDT

Expert to review ex-House Speaker Hastert's health: judge

BY DAVID BAILEY

A federal judge in Chicago will appoint an independent medical expert to review the health of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, whose sentencing on a financial crime conviction has been delayed, a court order entered on Wednesday said.

Hastert, 74, pleaded guilty in October to a federal charge of "structuring" - evading bank reporting rules by withdrawing large amounts of cash in smaller increments. The former Republican speaker of the House of Representatives used the funds to pay an individual to keep quiet about decades-old allegations of sexual misconduct.

Judge Thomas Durkin earlier this year postponed Hastert's sentencing to April 8 from Feb. 29 because Hastert was recovering from a stroke and life-threatening infection.

Durkin said in a court order dated Tuesday and entered on Wednesday that the expert would review Hastert's submissions to the probation office regarding his condition and provide a report to the court.

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[NightWatcher]

1. They've got doctors and medbays in prisons

Send him to one with a doctor and be done with him.

[katsy]

2. We do that for all seniors facing jail time?

Just curious.