What's worth $3.5 million in hush money?

[PastTense]

Updating this thread:

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.

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.

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

[jtur88]

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.