Hastert must have known about the structuring laws, and he certainly did after the bank explained them to him. That suggests that he was so damn full of himself, he didn't think the laws would apply to him. It's a bad law, but still, it is the law and it can bite, hard. And, doesn't the indictment imply that he was being blackmailed for his (probably criminal pedophile) acts of <30 years ago?
Church of Scientology Denies Involvement in Denny Hastert Scandal | OTVIIIisGrrr8! “While it is true that former Speaker of the House Denny Hastert was a Scientologist who received hundreds of hours of Scientology auditing in the 1970’s,” said Church spokesman Ken Delusion, “it is not true that the Church of Scientology ‘blackmailed’ Hastert in exchange for not revealing the deviant and scandalous details of his private sexual life contained in his preclear folders — folders we own and control forever.” “For the record,” Delusion added, “it is our firm policy in the Church of Scientology to blackmail only those people with reputations to protect, i.e. closeted wealthy gay actors and millionaires or billionaires with truly horrific secrets. Experience has shown us that politicians are thought of with such contempt by the public that even the most horrible accusations against them become nothing more the fodder eagerly consumed and parroted by FOX News and those other wog media gabfests.” “Perhaps this explains why Hastert was blackmailed only after he left office and needed something approaching a reputation in order to be effective as a lobbyist.” Source, and open comments: https://otviiisgrrr8.wordpress.com/...-denies-involvement-in-denny-hastert-scandal/
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/excl...tert-sex-abuse-victim-named/story?id=31530828 This is another victim addition to the man who Hastert was paying
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/06/dennis-hastert-anti-gay-_n_7521394.html Problem: Hastert wasn't gay. He was criminal guilty of a sex crime and not a secret member of a group the political campaign was attacking.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dennis-hastert-guilty_561fb792e4b0c5a1ce62310f Here are some interesting things He managed to keep this quiet for decades. I wonder why the victim came forward now- it's common for child victims to stay quiet for years, I always wonder what helped them speak out. The name of the victim is STILL not publicly known. There is no way he had only one victim. This is sorta like how they got Al Capone- not for his crimes against people but with the IRS.
There is a ring of blue blooded boy rapers running the House, Senate, etc, etc, This crap has been going on for decades. It's a way of getting people in compromising positions so that they will agree with them and their platforms. Here's a chilling story ~ A Conspiracy of Silence. A Yorkshire UK film that was mysteriously yanked from being televised on a popular cable network at the last minute. Available online ...free.