Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House Speaker and convicted child molester, dies at 84

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Center-Left: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/10/05/dennis-hastert-ex-house-speaker-whose-sex-abuse-admission-upended-legacy-dies-84/" rel="noopener nofollow">Dennis Hastert, ex-House speaker whose sex abuse admission upended legacy, dies at 84 — www.washingtonpost.com
Center: <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2026/10/05/chuck-schumer-demands-flock-delete-all-personal-data-not-related-to-crime-in-letter-to-ceo" rel="noopener nofollow">Disgraced Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Dies At 84 — www.dailycaller.com
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Source: www.foxnews.com · Section: politics · Bias: Right · Published: Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:13:26 GMT

The Mark Foley scandal nearly ended Dennis Hastert's career, but federal investigators later uncovered far darker secrets about the former House Speaker.