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- 1Dennis Hastert, former US House speaker, dies at 84●Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84 https:// reddthat.com/post/74371702
Dennis Hastert, the Illinois Republican who served as Speaker of the US House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, has died at age 84. Hastert was the longest-serving Republican speaker in US history, but his later years were overshadowed by scandal: in 2015 he pleaded guilty in a hush-money case tied to sexual abuse allegations and was sentenced to prison.