Earlier this week Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the House and second in line to the presidency, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. In his sentencing Judge Thomas Durkin spoke the plain truth: “The defendant is a serial child molester.” All of this may seem like a remarkable breakthrough for those seeking to expose political pedophilia and a vindication for those who have been ringing the alarm bell about Hastert for over a decade.

But Hastert was not convicted for his child abuse. And the molestation that is now coming to light has nothing to do with the child sex tourism, drug money laundering, or other illegal activities he participated in during his time in office. In fact, this quasi-vindication may itself perpetuate the cover-up of his worst crimes and the criminals who still retain power in elite political circles today.

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