'Serial child molester' ex-Speaker Dennis Hastert sentenced in hush-money case

'Serial child molester' ex-Speaker Dennis Hastert sentenced in hush-money case

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 to more than a year in prison in the hush-money case that included accusations he sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school wrestling.