UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
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v.
) Violations: Title 18, United States
) Code, Section 1001(a)(2); Title 31,
) United States Code,
JOHN DENNIS HASTERT
) Section 5324(a)(3)
COUNT ONE
The SPECIAL FEBRUARY 2014 GRAND JURY charges:
1.
At times material to this indictment:
a.
From approximately 1965 to 1981, defendant JOHN
DENNIS HASTERT was a high school teacher and coach in Yorkville,
Illinois. From approximately 1981 to 2007, defendant JOHN DENNIS
HASTERT was an elected public official, including eight years as Speaker of
the United States House of Representatives. From approximately 2008 to the
present, defendant JOHN DENNIS HASTERT has worked as a lobbyist in
Washington, D.C.
b.
Individual A has been a resident of Yorkville, Illinois and
has known defendant JOHN DENNIS HASTERT most of Individual A’s life.
c.
In or about 2010, Individual A met with defendant JOHN
DENNIS HASTERT multiple times. During at least one of the meetings,
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Individual A and defendant discussed past misconduct by defendant against
Individual A that had occurred years earlier.
d. During the 2010 meetings and subsequent discussions,
defendant JOHN DENNIS HASTERT agreed to provide Individual A $3.5
million in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against
Individual A.
e.
Shortly thereafter, defendant began providing Individual A
cash payments.
f.
From approximately 2010 to 2014, defendant JOHN
DENNIS HASTERT withdrew a total of approximately $1.7 million in cash
from various bank accounts he controlled and provided it to Individual A.
g.
From approximately June 2010 through April 2012,
defendant JOHN DENNIS HASTERT made fifteen $50,000 withdrawals of
cash from bank accounts he controlled at Old Second Bank, People’s State
Bank and Castle Bank and provided that cash to Individual A approximately
every six weeks.
h.
Title 31, United States Code, Section 5313(a) and Tit