Dennis Hastert Released From Federal Prison
On behalf of Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry posted in Sex Crimes on Friday, July 21, 2017. While a great deal of media attention has been dedicated to O.J. Simpson’s parole hearing, former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has quietly left federal prison. Hastert, known as the longest serving Republican speaker was released on Monday and moved to a halfway house in Chicago where he will serve the remainder of his 15 month sentence for bank fraud. The fraud conviction stems from a 2015 guilty plea following revelations that he withdrew $925,000 from four separate accounts in more than 100 separate transactions in order to avoid …