Dennis Hastert, Former House Speaker Disgraced by Abuse Scandal, Dies at 84
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Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House, has died at the age of 84. He was publicly disgraced after admitting in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. This news marks the end of a controversial figure's life whose legacy was overshadowed by his criminal admission.
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