Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after his sentencing on April 27, 2016. He received 15 months in prison for illegally structuring $1.7 million in bank withdrawals, which he used as hush money to cover up sexual abuse from decades ago.

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April 27, 2016 5:23 AM PT

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert served 13 months in a Minnesota federal prison hospital after pleading guilty to a financial crime. He was released in July 2017.

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves federal court after being sentenced to 15 months in prison on April 27, 2016.

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U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon speaks to the news media after the Dennis Hastert’s sentencing on April 27, 2016, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse.

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after being sentenced to 15 months in prison on April 27, 2016.

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A member of security sets up a barricade before former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives to be sentenced at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on April 27, 2016, in Chicago. Hastert was later sentenced to 15 months in prison.

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A news helicopter hovers near a building while waiting for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert to leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on April 27, 2016, in Chicago.

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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert enters the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago for sentencing on April 27, 2016.

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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is wheeled through a column of news media and security as he arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago for sentencing on April 27, 2016.

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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives for his sentencing in a wheelchair and passes by the news media at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on April 27, 2016.

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives to be sentenced at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on April 27, 2016, in Chicago.

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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert emerges from his vehicle into a wheelchair as he arrives April 27, 2016, at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago for his sentencing.

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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago for sentencing April 27, 2016.

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives to be sentenced in federal court at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on April 27, 2016, in Chicago.

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert emerges from his vehicle as he arrives to the Dirkesen U.S. Courthouse for sentencing on April 27, 2016, in Chicago.

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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives for sentencing at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on April 27, 2016.

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A Cadillac Escalade departs former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s home in Plano about 5:15 a.m. on April 27, 2016. Hastert is scheduled to be sentenced at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago later in the morning.

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