Dennis Hastert Question

[Troglodyte]

So I guess his victim now has an identity... and has had $3.5 million in the bank for a while. Not to excuse or condone Hastert or anything, but shouldn't his victim also possibly face extortion charges? Doesn't it set a bad precedent not to charge him? Or am I missing something?

 

[oneforthebus]

So I guess his victim now has an identity... and has had $3.5 million in the bank for a while. Not to excuse or condone Hastert or anything, but shouldn't his victim also possibly face extortion charges? Doesn't it set a bad precedent not to charge him? Or am I missing something?

His victim is dead. According to his sister she never asked him for money, she confronted him about the abuse and he offered it.

 

[Troglodyte]

Strange story made even stranger.

 

[ark steel]

Strange story made even stranger.

I haven't paid much attention to the story. What little I have seen makes it sound like he is ******.

If no one ever asked for money and he just gave them hush money, I don't think they are at fault. However, if it is someone else other than the victim that he was paying off, I'd say it was conspiracy to conceal a crime and they were an accessory after the fact. If I were a prosecutor, I probably wouldn't pile that on to the sister if the victim was deceased, though. They should probably get jacked for taxes, though.

 

[oneforthebus]

I haven't paid much attention to the story. What little I have seen makes it sound like he is ******.

If no one ever asked for money and he just gave them hush money, I don't think they are at fault. However, if it is someone else other than the victim that he was paying off, I'd say it was conspiracy to conceal a crime and they were an accessory after the fact. If I were a prosecutor, I probably wouldn't pile that on to the sister if the victim was deceased, though. They should probably get jacked for taxes, though.

Yeah, I think taking hush money and letting a child molester walk around free to hurt other kids probably should be a crime of some sort.

 

[Troglodyte]

I had a family reunion outside of Chicago back in August. We all went to eat at this big family style restaurant / antique museum known for its fried chicken. My great aunt told me it was owned by Hastert.