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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Dies at 84

Original: Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies

Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican speaker of the House, has died at the age of 84. Hastert, who led the chamber from 1999 to 2007, fell from prominence after admitting in 2016 that he had sexually abused teenage boys decades earlier while working as a high school teacher and coach. His death has renewed attention on the scandal that ended his political legacy.

Why now: News of the death of a once-powerful politician whose career ended in a historic disgrace is drawing wide attention.

Dennis HastertUS House of RepresentativesRepublican Party

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• Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies · The New York Times

  The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.

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