Always lurked and snooped around, but first time poster.
There's a website that tracks all financial activity from Illinois political committees. There is a gentleman named Tom Cross, and he seems pretty boring at first look.
But, upon some googling you will see that his little brother was one of the Hastert victims. Cross's brother was molested in high school when Hastert was doing evil things to the boys on the wrestling team.
Link: http://abc7chicago.com/news/state-reps-brother-testifies-about-dennis-hastert-abuse/1311590/
Back to Congressman Cross... boy, was he receiving massive amounts of money up until a few years ago.... Close to a million dollars sitting in his "fund" from various individuals and organizations.
Link: https://www.illinoissunshine.org/committees/7539/
I wonder if Mr. Cross thought, for the right price, he could promise to Hastert confidantes that he could keep his brother quiet?
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DietCokehead1 ago
I've lived in Illinois my entire life; I can tell you first-hand how corrupt the state government is. I can't say whether or not there's a pedophilia connection, but I would look closely at state-level politicians of Illinois and Chicago politicians for corruption & cover-ups in general.
Pipeliner_USA ago
I'm from Illinois as well. It's no coincidence that Obama, Rahm, Hillary, Denny, & the Daley Machine are all from here. It's pay-to-play across the board in our state.
DietCokehead1 ago
Don't forget Blagojevich who tried to sell Barack's senate seat to Jesse Jackson Jr. And Blago is currently doing hard time for corruption.
Pipeliner_USA ago
And isn't Jesse Jr's wife going to jail as soon as he gets out? I think they staggered their sentences for the sake of their kids, I seem to remember.
DietCokehead1 ago
Yeah, I think you're right