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Dennis Hastert, disgraced former House speaker, dies at 84

Dennis Hastert, a former House speaker who was jailed for violating banking laws, has died, an Illinois coroner said. He was 84.

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  • Dennis Hastert, a former House speaker who was jailed for violating banking laws, has died, an Illinois coroner said. He was 84.
  • The Republican, who was sent to prison in 2016 in a hush-money case tied to the allegations, died over the weekend Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House speaker, died over the weekend, a coroner said Monday. He was 84. Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007, died of natural causes at his home, according to Jacquie Purcell, the Kendall county coroner. Continue reading...

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  • Dennis Hastert, highest-ranking elected U.S. official to serve prison sentence, dies at 84Evidence: CBS News, The Guardian US
  • Dennis Hastert, former House speaker disgraced by molestation allegations, dies aged 84Evidence: CBS News, The Guardian US
  • Dennis Hastert, disgraced ex-speaker, dies at 84Evidence: CBS News, The Guardian US
  • Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican speaker in U.S. history who later admitted sexually abusing several teenage boys, died Saturday at 84. The big picture: Hastert was the highest-ranking elected official in U.S. history to serve time in federal prison, and Congress still conducts business under an unwritten rule bearing his name. Driving the news: Hastert died at his home in Plano, Illinois, while under hospice care, the Kendall County Coroner's Office told Axios in an emailed statemEvidence: CBS News, The Guardian US
  • Dennis Hastert, ex-House speaker whose sex abuse admission upended legacy, dies at 84Evidence: CBS News, The Guardian US
  • The Illinois Republican helped spearhead President George W. Bush’s legislative agenda before his career ended in disgrace.Evidence: CBS News, The Guardian US

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    Disgraced ex-GOP Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84

    Former GOP Speaker John Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) died over the weekend at his home “due to natural causes,” according to Illinois’ Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell. Hastert, 84, served as Speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007, until Democrats won back the lower chamber and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) succeeded him. He announced that…

    Oct 5, 2026Multiple outlets reported the same developmentEvidence: CBS News, The Guardian US, Axios

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