Dennis Hastert, longest-serving Republican House Speaker and convicted child molester, dies at 84
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Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican House Speaker who later served prison time for financial crimes linked to hush money, has died at 84.

Dennis Hastert, former Republican House speaker, dead at 84

The late House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) was an accidental speaker.

And it was a sheer accident that the world learned a dark secret about Hastert, years after he left Capitol Hill.