A lower-profile lawsuit against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert continues to move through the court system.
A judge says he will privately assess records of phone calls between the FBI and one of Hastert’s former business associates. J. David John sued Hastert in 2013, alleging the Yorkville Republican used a publicly funded office to do private business after leaving Congress.
Hastert’s lawyers want to see the phone records from 2011: the judge says he’ll decide whether he’ll allow that after he reviews them.
These phone calls are NOT related to the higher profile case involving Hastert.
In that one, he’s scheduled to plead guilty next week to charges of lying to the FBI. He’s accused of trying to cover up 3.5 million dollars in payments to someone to “hide past misconduct.”
