House Speaker U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert, (R-Ill) (L) speaks while House Majority Leader U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) listens at the U.S. Capitol May 25, 2005 in Washington, (File Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Federal prosecutors portray former House Speaker Dennis Hastert as a serial child molester who agreed to pay millions to cover up his shameful secrets — but former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay describes him as a man of “strong faith” and “great integrity.”
“We all have our flaws, but Dennis Hastert has very few,” DeLay wrote to Hastert’s sentencing judge. “He is a good man that loves the Lord. He gets his integrity and values from Him. He doesn’t deserve what he is going through.”
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DeLay penned one of 41 letters released publicly on Friday in support of Hastert, just days before the Yorkville Republican’s sentencing. Included are letters written by Hastert’s wife, two of his sons, two of his brothers, former Congressman and head of the Central Intelligence Agency Porter Goss, former Illinois Attorney General Ty Fahner, several ex-congressmen and a few retired law enforcement officers, including retired Kendall County Sheriff Richard Randall and members of the U.S. Capitol Police force.
The letter writers call Hastert, now 74, a great friend, great public servant and great American.
Hastert’s wife of 43 years, Jean, wrote that she’s never known a “more honorable and devoted man.” She said he spent his life “in the service of others.”
“If one of his students or wrestlers ever needed anything of him, he would be there for them, and he was never happier than when he could watch someone he helped succeed,” Jean Hastert wrote.
Hastert’s son Joshua also wrote a letter, asking the judge to keep in mind that his father spent 35 years “serving the public good.”
“He now has [a] myriad [of] medical issues and he should be with his family and not in the medical division of a correctional institution,” Joshua Hastert wrote.
DeLay asked the judge for leniency while describing Hastert as a man of faith who created a lunchtime Bible study that DeLay and Hastert attended after Hastert was elected speaker.
“I have observed him in many different and difficult situations. He has never disappointed me in any way. He is a man of strong faith that guides him. He is a man of great integrity. He loves and respects his fellow man,” DeLay wrote. “I have never witnessed a time when he was unkind to anyone. He is always giving to others and helping anyone including me so many times.”
Tina Sfondeles
@TinaSfon | email
Jon Seidel
@SeidelContent | email
Federal prosecutors portray former House Speaker Dennis Hastert as a serial child molester who agreed to pay millions to cover up his shameful secrets — but former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay describes him as a man of “strong faith” and “great integrity.”
“We all have our flaws, but Dennis Hastert has very few,” DeLay wrote to Hastert’s sentencing judge. “He is a good man that loves the Lord. He gets his integrity and values from Him. He doesn’t deserve what he is going through.”
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DeLay penned one of 41 letters released publicly on Friday in support of Hastert, just days before the Yorkville Republican’s sentencing. Included are letters written by Hastert’s wife, two of his sons, two of his brothers, former Congressman and head of the Central Intelligence Agency Porter Goss, former Illinois Attorney General Ty Fahner, several ex-congressmen and a few retired law enforcement officers, including retired Kendall County Sheriff Richard Randall and members of the U.S. Capitol Police force.
The letter writers call Hastert, now 74, a great friend, great public servant and great American.
Hastert’s wife of 43 years, Jean, wrote that she’s never known a “more honorable and devoted man.” She said he spent his life “in the service of others.”
“If one of his students or wrestlers ever needed anything of him, he would be there for them, and he was never happier than when he could watch someone he helped succeed,” Jean Hastert wrote.
Hastert’s son Joshua also wrote a letter, asking the judge to keep in mind that his father spent 35 years “serving the public good.”
“He now has [a] myriad [of] medical issues and he should be with his family and not in the medical division of a correctional institution,” Joshua Hastert wrote.
DeLay asked the judge for leniency while describing Hastert as a man of faith who created a lunchtime Bible study that DeLay and Hastert attended after Hastert was elected speaker.
“I have observed him in many different and difficult situations. He has never disappointed me in any way. He is a man of strong faith that guides him. He is a man of great integrity. He loves and respects his fellow man,” DeLay wrote. “I have never witnessed a time when he was unkind to anyone. He is always giving to others and helping anyone including me so many times.”
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