News > Another Reason to Dislike Hastert
Time (and a Congressional inquiry) will tell if Hastert was complicit in covering up abuses by Mark Foley. Meantime, The New Republic is covering some mighty questionable land deals that gave Hastert a 500% profit in three years. The deals involved $207 million of taxpayer money Hastert inserted into a highway bill. Via Kevin Drum, who has excerpts of the subscriber-only article.
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