"Bad Touch" Dennis Hastert hospitalized since early November because of stroke - Hospital refuses to say what boy Hastert STROKED

Hastert pleaded guilty Oct. 28 to a felony count of illegally structuring cash withdrawals to evade bank currency reporting requirements in order to hide his homosexual pedophile past 

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been hospitalized since early November after suffering a stroke shortly after he pleaded guilty in Chicago to making hush-money payments to hide wrongdoing in his past, his lawyer confirmed Thursday.

Hastert, 73, suffered a stroke and was admitted to an undisclosed hospital "during the first week of November," attorney Thomas Green said in a statement. Hastert has since been treated for sepsis, a blood infection, and has had two surgeries on his back, Green said.

"We are hopeful that Mr. Hastert will be released from the hospital in the early part of the new year," Green said. "The family very much desires that during Mr. Hastert's continued hospitalization his privacy will be respected."

Hastert pleaded guilty Oct. 28 to a felony count of illegally structuring cash withdrawals to evade bank currency reporting requirements. He has been free on his own recognizance and is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 29.

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