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This Chicago Tribune article contains a truckolad of newly released facts regarding the instances of sexual abuse. HappyValleyEditor (talk) 06:46, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Just as a reminder, please leave a few comments on talk pages when archiving to prevent them from being completely harvested. Thank you. MB298 (talk) 18:57, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Is it just me, or do Dennis_Hastert#Criminal_prosecution & Dennis_Hastert#Allegations of sexual abuse cover the same thing? Should these sections be merged? There looks like a lot of content now. Should this stuff be split? NickCT (talk) 17:44, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Where is all the molestation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.16.203.237 (talk) 14:19, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday, April 27, 2016, to 15 months in prison in the hush-money case that revealed accusations he sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school wrestling. Hastert was in his 20s and 30s. By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:A000:4304:5B00:1DB5:ED95:90AB:846D (talk) 02:42, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
Even raw story has declared Hastert gay.
Given that he's confessed to having had many same sex relationships isn't it time to ad that info to the article?
--MXfurry (talk) 01:51, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
FYI to all: User:Wwdamron (who is now indefinitely blocked) recently introduced copyright-infringing text in the article (under the "Honors" section), and so his edits were subsequently revision-deleted. I had previously taken out Wwdamron's edits for a different reason and introduced a small amount of additional text at the same time. My own edits had to be revision-deleted because Wwdamron's infringing content remained in the history. See Wikipedia:Text Copyright Violations 101 ("This is unfortunately a situation where we have to balance clearing infringements vs. causing unnecessary collateral damage to other editors. In other words, we're between a rock and a hard place").
So for posterity's sake, I wanted to make clear: the infringing content was introduced by Wwdamron. Two of my revisions were deleted as unfortunate collateral damage to cleanup Wwdamron's mess. For article-history attribution purposes, the content that I introduced in the rev-del'd edit is the third paragraph of the "Honors" section of the current article.
Thanks, all. Neutralitytalk 14:42, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Is Hastert serving his prison term already? And if no, when he will be send to the prison? M.Karelin (talk) 23:16, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
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Right now the scandal section takes up much of the article. I propose it could be branched off, à la Mark Foley, so that a separate, dedicated page can go into full detail. PerhapsXarb (talk) 08:30, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
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The fact he is an admitted child molester (under oath at federal sentencing) should be moved to the first sentence of his biography. Raistlin0719 (talk) 15:40, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
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template. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:33, 18 January 2019 (UTC)I am removing a quote by David Axelrod in the section on Hastert's Congressional career. It seems out of place, since Axelrod worked for the candidate who was defeated by Hastert. Argentine84 (talk) 15:25, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
Without making a lot of edits, I would like to suggest the tone of this article should be addressed. It seems bitter, and a violation of NPOV, as if editors are influenced by the subject's recent legal troubles. This is especially true of the sections on his career as Speaker of the House. Perhaps editors will look at the sections and see if they agree that the tone should be made more objective. Argentine84 (talk) 15:36, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
I do not understand what you are asking ((User:Flyer22 Reborn]]. The article on Mr. Hastert's congressional career mentions bounced checks almost immediately, then selectively refers to a few pieces of legislation among the thousands Hastert voted on, then mentions Mr. Livingston's reasons for not seeking the Speakership, (which seem irrelevant to Hastert). The long section on the Hastert Rule seem to violate the same WP:Due weight policy you have cited. which might confirm my original concern about the article. Argentine84 (talk) 18:09, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
Is it fair to label Hasert as a pederast? I mean, what he did with those post-pubescent boys meets that definition, no? Serious question, BTW. Futurist110 (talk) 02:43, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
Recently, a sentence was added that declared Hastert a member of the LGBTQ community. Of course, this is inaccurate because he never identified with that community, but that being said, I think there is some merit in including a line that indicates that he's the first known homosexual or bisexual House speaker. His sex crimes against boys and the fact that he has admitted to having relationships with men seems to clearly show he has same sex attraction, and being the first gay speaker is notable enough to include.
- Derpytoucan (talk) 22:05, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
…even before the FBI and IRS began investigating the suspicious cash withdrawals that were Hastert's downfall."
His downfall was molesting boys. The sentence above is a
cop out. 2605:59C8:24DB:C700:358A:2FC1:ECA9:7C7C (talk) 00:35, 7 October 2023 (UTC)