Dennis Hastert

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves the Dirksen Federal Court House in a wheelchair after his sentencing on April 27, 2016 in Chicago.

Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $250,000 to a victim's fund for breaking banking laws as he sought to pay a man identified only as Individual A, 14-years-old at the time, millions of dollars to keep quiet about past sexual abuse. The abuse occurred during Hastert's years as wrestling coach at Yorkville High School decades ago.

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Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves federal court after pleading not guilty to federal charges of trying to hide large cash transactions in Chicago, Illinois, June 9, 2015.

Hastert, convicted in 2014, of a financial crime in a hush-money case, had agreed to pay $3.5 million to buy the silence of an individual who he sexually abused when the victim was a teenager, federal prosecutors said on Friday.

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Former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert fights his way through the press as he arrives for his arraignment at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on June 9, 2015 in Chicago.

Hastert was in court to answer charges that he knowingly lied to the FBI and intentionally evaded federal reporting requirements involving bank transactions. Hastert is alleged to have withdrawn more than $1.5 million dollars in several installments from bank accounts to make payments to an "Individual A" to cover-up sexual abuse that reportedly took place when Hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach at Yorkville High School.

Since Hastert was charged, other reports of sexual abuse by Hastert have surfaced.

Dennis Hastert

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert of Illinois delivers remarks during the unveiling ceremony of his portrait at the U.S. Captiol July 28, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Hastert is the longest serving Republican speaker from 1999-2007.

Dennis Hastert

Former House Speaker, Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., walks through Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, after delivering a speech on the House floor where he announced his plans to leave the House of Representatives by the end of the year.

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Then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., speaks to supporters during a fundraiser, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001, in St. Charles, Ill. On Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007, party officials said that Hastert, who served as speaker of the House longer than any Republican in history, intends to retire next year at the end of his current term.

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Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., watches from the edge of the floor during the roll call vote to elect a new Speaker of the House in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007. Hastert, who served as speaker of the House longer than any other Republican in history, intends to retire in 2008 at the end of his term.

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Then-Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert lays a wreath at the flag-draped casket of former president Gerald Ford as it lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Dec. 30, 2006. Hastert's decision to retire had been expected since the GOP lost control of the House last November, costing him his powerful post. He had been speaker for eight years.

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Then-Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert R-Ill., leaves the House Republican Conference leadership elections on Capitol Hill Nov. 17, 2006, in Washington. Hastert, 65, declined to run for minority leader after his party's defeat in the 2006 elections, taking on a role as elder statesman among Republicans.

Dennis Hastert

President George W. Bush waves with then-Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Oct. 12, 2006, during a reception at the Chicago Hilton. Hastert had faced strong pressure from some quarters to resign for not investigating earlier accusations that a Republican lawmaker sexually harassed underage male pages in Congress.

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Then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., responds to questions regarding the Congressional Page scandal during a news conference outside his Bativia, Ill., office Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006.

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Then-Speaker of the House Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., speaks to the news media on Capitol Hill Oct. 2, 2006, in Washington. Hastert made a statement on former Rep.

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Then-Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., returns to the Nogales Airport on July 21, 2006, in Nogales, Ariz. Hastert led a Congressional delegation on a day-long trip along the Arizona-Mexico border during a fact-finding tour on border issues.

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Then-Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., left, speaks as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, right, looks on during a press conference June 2, 2006 in the green zone in Baghdad, Iraq.

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President Bush delivers his fifth State of the Union speech Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Behind Mr. Bush is then-Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., right, and Vice President Dick Cheney, left.

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Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Permanent Convention Chairman of the 2004 Republican National Convention, holds the gavel at Madison Square Garden during the convention in New York, Monday, Aug. 30, 2004.

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Then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., speaks during the taping of a radio interview program Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004, in Chicago.