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still_one

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Fri Jun 5, 2015, 09:35 PM Jun 2015

Sister Of Alleged Dennis Hastert Victim Approached Media In 2006

NEW YORK -– Jolene Burdge said Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America" that her late brother, Steve Reinboldt, was sexually abused by Dennis Hastert when the former Republican speaker of the House was an Illinois high school teacher and wrestling coach in the 1970s.

Burdge said she tried getting the word out to the media long before Hastert's indictment last week for lying to the FBI and evading banking laws in an effort to cover up alleged abuse.

ABC News acknowledged that Burdge had approached the network about Hastert in 2006 after former Republican Congressman Mark Foley was caught sending sexually explicit messages to a 16-year-old male page. In Friday's report, ABC noted that it "could not corroborate Jolene's allegation and Hastert denied the claim."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/05/dennis-hastert-media-_n_7518662.html

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Sister Of Alleged Dennis Hastert Victim Approached Media In 2006 (Original Post) still_one Jun 2015 OP
who is the blackmailed? Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #1
implication is there were multiple victims still_one Jun 2015 #2
Some body has some splanin to do. Wellstone ruled Jun 2015 #3
Kicked, recced and tweeted. Kingofalldems Jun 2015 #4
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