Denny Hastert indicted

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For all that posters complain about an overly partisan House, I'm surprised that none rate Hastert better. He came in after the impeachment and had a good relationship with both Clinton then Bush. It was only after the 2004 election that he adopted the Hastert doctrine requiring that a majority of House Pubs support a bill before it would go to the floor.

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LOL, did he withdraw $3.5 million in separate withdraws of $9999 each? You probably have a higher chance of the feds showing up if you do that then if you write a letter to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue detailing how you are going to kill the President.

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The so called media realized they couldn't defend him, so....

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http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/10-things-to-know-for-friday/ar-BBkkPz3

And so on...

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The so called media realized they couldn't defend him, so....

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And so on...

And it still says Democrat. They've had a day to correct it. That wasn't a mistake, that was on purpose.

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BTW, corruption is nothing new for Hastert. There's the $1.8 million he made from a proposed freeway he earmarked near some land he owned. And he was likely paid by Turkey to kill legislation about the Armenian genocide.

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After looking at what how Hastert got arrested (taking out under the 10,000 withdraw limit). Which is legal, but he took out like 3 million in like $9,200 withdrawments. I think that extortion is completely wrong, but Hastert has a right to pay blackmail if he would like to . I dislike Hastert, and if these allegations are true, then he is a scumbag and an awful person in general, but he technically shouldn't have gotten arrested for withdrawing under the limit that is legally allowed. IMO

There is no limit for withdrawing your own money. If you want to withdraw a $1,000,000 of your own money all at once, there's no law against that. However, the government will be notified by the bank that things look suspicious. After all, why would somebody do that. The FBI may want to ask you a few questions, but you still haven't broken any laws. Hastert has been indicted because he lied to the FBI about why he was withdrawing the money. That is the issue.

The way the laws are written, you're a lot more likely to get into trouble if you withdraw $1 million in 101 withdraws of $9900 each than if you withdraw $1 million at once.