There must have been proof or Hastert wouldn’t have been willing to pay up.
Proof or not, it has to be true or he wouldn’t pay. A false charge would be horrible, but no one would pay that much to stop one.
Now we are seeing why the Republicans are so weak. They are being blackmailed.
I read in another thread or link that ‘officials’ had information on a second incident(s) with a male but declined to include it in ‘this’ indictment.
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Usually, if there is one, there are more.
Well .. if it was the victim, he was the proof.
For over 20 years!!!
There is more than one victim. Pretty much guaranteed.
“A source familiar with the investigation told BuzzFeed News that U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon considered but did not pursue additional charges against former Speaker Dennis Hastert, which would have included a reference to an Individual B, one of potentially several alleged victims of prior misdeeds.”