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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Pipeliner_USA ago
Hmm... someone Mr. Cross gave money to several times (a few grand here, a few grand there) is another Illinois politician named Tom Salvi.
Check this out (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-12-08/news/ct-met-bianchi-mchenry-investigation-20101208_1_grand-jury-louis-bianchi-case)::)
"According to police reports, on June 25, Thomas Salvi pulled up to a woman in an apartment parking lot in Crystal Lake, and said, "I normally don't do this … could I take all my clothes off for you?" Alarmed, the woman called 911 to report the license plate number and drove to the police station. She later identified Thomas Salvi in a photo lineup, the report says. He was charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. Police said there were two other incidents involving someone fitting a similar description in April and May, but the victims could not identify the man in photo lineups."
Weird folks, with a consistent theme of perverted and sadistic behavior.