Denny Hastert, discussing the Mark Foley congressional page sex scandal in Oct. 2006 Late Thursday evening, BuzzFeed broke the shocking news that federal prosecutors had indicted former Republican Speaker of the House Denny Hastert on charges that he had attempted to conceal almost $1 million in cash withdrawals from the IRS, then lied about it to the FBI. What exactly is Hastert accused of, and how did he get caught? • According to the indictment, back in 2010, Hastert had agreed to pay $3.5 million to an unnamed "Individual A," in order to "compensate for and conceal" Hastert's unspecified "prior misconduct" against Individual A.