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| Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert to plead guilty | Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert to plead guilty |
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| Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert will plead guilty in a case tied to hush-money, his lawyer has said. | Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert will plead guilty in a case tied to hush-money, his lawyer has said. |
| The 73-year-old is charged with lying and breaking financial laws in an attempt to pay $3.5 million (£2.3 million) to cover up "misconduct". | |
| The FBI said Mr Hastert broke federal banking laws by withdrawing hundreds of thousands of dollars at once. | |
| The charges may be connected to his history as a teacher and wrestling coach in Illinois in the 1970s. | The charges may be connected to his history as a teacher and wrestling coach in Illinois in the 1970s. |
| One woman has said Mr Hastert sexually abused her brother then and she believes he was not the only victim. | One woman has said Mr Hastert sexually abused her brother then and she believes he was not the only victim. |
| Mr Hastert has not been charged with sexual abuse and his lawyer has not said what counts Mr Hastert will plead guilty to. | |
| Jolene Burdge told ABC News in June that her late brother Steve Reinboldt never came forward about the alleged abuse because he feared "no one would believe him". | |
| She said he told about the abuse in 1979, when he revealed he was gay. | |
| The FBI interviewed Ms Burdge, who has considered coming forward with her brother's story in the past, in May. | |
| Ms Burdge never asked Mr Hastert for money, but she thinks the person cited in the indictment who was paid off knows what happened to her brother. |