Hastert was the longest-serving Republican House speaker and the highest-ranking elected US official to serve a prison sentence, according to CBS. Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has died at the age of 84, officials said Monday. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- Hastert was the longest-serving Republican House speaker and the highest-ranking elected US official to serve a prison sentence, according to CBS.S1
- Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has died at the age of 84, officials said Monday. Hastert, whose political career ended in disgrace after he admitted sexually abusing teenage boys he had coached, died...S2
- He fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coachS3
- The Republican, who was sent to prison in 2016 in a hush-money case tied to the allegations, died over the weekendDennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House speaker, died over the weekend, a coroner said on Monday. He was 84.Hastert, who was speak...S4
- Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has diedS5
- Eight years after stepping down from Congress, his standing crumbled when details surfaced regarding his abuse of young boys while employed as a high school civics teacher and wrestling coach between the 1960s and early 1980sS6
- Former 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.S7
- Former Republican Rep. Dennis Hastert, who was the longest-serving GOP House Speaker before falling into disgrace for breaking banking laws, died on Monday at the age of 84.Hastert died peacefully of natural causes at his home, according to Kendall County Coro...S8