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Former Lawmaker Pleads Not Guilty of Financial Wrongdoing
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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/202/wrong_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Former Lawmaker Pleads Not Guilty of Financial Wrongdoing' data-article-id='450'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13063'>Dennis Hastert, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, told a court Tuesday that he is not guilty of federal charges against him. </span> <span data-start-time='13063' data-end-time='21521'>Mr. Hastert is charged with illegal bank withdrawals and lying to investigators. </span> <span data-start-time='21521' data-end-time='33396'>A Chicago court released him after he paid a $4,500 bond to guarantee his return to court for trial.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='33396' data-end-time='45875'>The 73-year-old is suspected of paying as much as $3.5 million to someone to make up for and hide past wrongdoing. </span> <span data-start-time='45875' data-end-time='50792'>Reports say the wrongdoing involved sex.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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Dennis Hastert, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, told a court Tuesday that he is not guilty of federal charges against him. Mr. Hastert is charged with illegal bank withdrawals and lying to investigators. A Chicago court released him after he paid a $4,500 bond to guarantee his return to court for trial.
The 73-year-old is suspected of paying as much as $3.5 million to someone to make up for and hide past wrongdoing. Reports say the wrongdoing involved sex.
What does wrongdoing mean?
to remove from danger
illegal or dishonest behavior
to give attention
something that is ownded by someone
What is Hastert being charged with?
kidnapping
illegal bank withdrawals
murder
arson
Hastert is suspected of paying to hide past wrongdoing.