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Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84
Original: Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at 84 https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.10tv
Dennis Hastert, the Illinois Republican who served as Speaker of the US House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, the longest-serving Republican speaker in history, has died at age 84. Hastert later went to prison in a federal case involving financial transactions meant to conceal past sexual misconduct, making his an unusual arc from one of the nation's highest offices to federal prison.
Why now: News of the death of a former speaker with a dramatic fall from power to prison naturally draws broad attention.
Dennis HastertUS House of RepresentativesRepublican Party
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