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From speaker to inmate: Hastert reports to lockup

By Wordpress Admin User Jun 23, 2016 | 6:57 AM

Dennis Hastert — Dennis Hastert was sentenced in April to 15 months in prison. (WJBC file photo)

By RFD Radio

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s fall from grace is complete.

He arrived via wheelchair at a Rochester, Minnesota prison on Wednesday about two hours before the deadline to start serving a 15-month sentence for his role in a hush-money case.

Hastert, who once was a VIP guest on many occasions during his time in Washington, made a humble entry into the prison with a plastic bag and brown box.