A judge overseeing Dennis Hastert's hush-money case has appointed a Northwestern University doctor to review the former U.S. House speaker's medical records.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin said in a filing Thursday that Dr. Robert Golden would conduct the review, which was ordered last month after Hastert's sentencing was delayed because his lawyers said he had nearly died and remained in poor health.
Hastert is now to be sentenced April 27.
Durkin's filing says Golden's practice is affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital and that he is board certified in internal medicine.
He also is an assistant professor at Northwestern's medical school.
In last month's order, the judge said he wanted a doctor to “provide an independent report to the court on the defendant's medical condition.''
