Source: Former House Speaker’s payments were apparent effort to conceal sex misconduct

A person familiar with the matter tells The Associated Press that payments from former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert were an apparent effort to conceal decades-old allegations involving sexual misconduct.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing and the allegations are not contained in an indictment issued Thursday.

The specific nature of the allegations was not immediately clear.

An indictment issued Thursday in Chicago accuses the Republican of agreeing to pay $3.5 million in hush money to keep a person from the town where he was a longtime schoolteacher silent about “prior misconduct.”

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