This piece of shit went to jail for one year for paying a bribe… to hide him raping children. Supported to the end by his colleagues.

Also, indicative of his colleagues: the only reason he got the speaker position was because the leading candidate got disgraced for having extramarital affairs.

EDIT: And this tiny bit that nobody seems to care about: “Hastert became wealthy largely through a complex web of transactions that coincided with one of his own highway earmarks increasing the value of land he had purchased in his district.”