On 2015-05-30, Howard Beal wrote:

"Ignoramus4936" wrote in message
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It is common knowledge, and I am sure Hastert knew this too, that
banks are under the government's boot and that they file SARs on
activities starting from far below the CTR limit of $10,000.

i


Hastert may be suffering from senility or dementia.

Hastert could have very easily hired a lawyer to structure
a settlement which would have included a confidentiality
clause and non disclosure agreement. Pay the money
with a check and it all would have been perfectly legal.

If I was in Hastert's place, I would just disclose the sordid past
episode (as a fact, or as an accusation under dispute) and refuse to
pay. A gay pedophile "pro-family" Republican is hardly news these
days, and the story would be forgotten in a month or two with barely
any consequence. Maybe he would lose some business, but who cares, it
is better than being blackmailed.

i