# What's worth $3.5 million in hush money?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 29, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worth-3-5-million-in-hush-money/721113 "2015-05-29T14:23:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worth-3-5-million-in-hush-money/721113/61 "2016-04-07T16:17:14Z")

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Updating this thread:

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> For months, federal authorities have hinted at the motive behind the hush-money payments former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has admitted to making: the sexual abuse of a teenage boy when Hastert was still a suburban high school teacher and wrestling coach.
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> But now, a Tribune investigation has uncovered new details of the case — at least four people have made what law enforcement sources say are credible allegations of sexual abuse against Hastert.
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> The Tribune has determined the identities of three of them, all men, whose allegations stretch over a decade when they were teenagers and Hastert was their coach. One is dead. The Tribune has approached the other two — described in federal court records as Individuals A and D — and confirmed their roles in the case.

[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-dennis-hastert-investigation-met-20160406-story.html](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-dennis-hastert-investigation-met-20160406-story.html)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worth-3-5-million-in-hush-money/721113/62 "2016-04-07T19:25:09Z")

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There are a number of perfectly nice countries in the world that you can immigrate to, with a million dollars up front, in which you would not care what anybody said about you. Some of them, you can even get a passport for a million dollars. That would certainly be my choice. I don’t undersand why so many people stay here and wait for the other shoe to drop.

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