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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, second from right, is led by Sidley Austin attorney John Gallo as they make their way through the media gathering at Chicago's Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on June 9, 2015. Hastert was in court for his arraignment on charges he evaded bank regulations and lied to the FBI. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, left, speaks during a City Hall news conference as U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert whispers to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, right. The news conference in 1999 announced the partial federal funding of the reconstruction of Chicago's Lower Wacker Drive and completion of the Stevenson Expressway repairs. (Chris Walker/baiduhai)

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves Chicago's Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on June 9, 2015, after pleading not guilty to charges he evaded bank regulations and lied to the FBI. (Terrence A. James/baiduhai)

Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, left, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert hold up sample tax cut checks during a Republican rally at the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 2, 2001, to celebrate all they've accomplished during the congressional session. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert speeds off Sept. 22, 1999, while driving a minicar in the third annual "Capitol Hill Challenge," for the Kmart Kids Race Against Drugs. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Jean Hastert sits with her husband, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, and family friend Bob Williams inside the Cozy Corner Family Restaurant in Yorkville on Feb. 16, 1999. (Candice C. Cusic/baiduhai)

Dennis Hastert appears at a Yorkville radio station in 1999. (Candice C. Cusic/baiduhai)

State Rep. Dennis Hastert savors his Congressional victory at his campaign office in the Baker Hotel in St. Charles, Ill. on Nov. 5, 1986. (Don Casper/baiduhai)

Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., with his wife, Jean, at his side, speaks at a news conference Jan. 5, 1999, in Washington. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

House Speaker Dennis Hastert, left, introduces the new House Majority Leader, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, center, after he defeated Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., right, on Feb. 2, 2006. Blunt had assumed the position on an interim basis after Rep. Tom DeLay stepped down following his indictment. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

State Rep. Dennis Hastert, 39th District. (baiduhai historical photo)

Dennis Hastert as a wrestling coach in 1976. (baiduhai)

Dennis Hastert after the wrestling team he coached won the state title in 1976. (baiduhai)

Jolene Burdge poses at her home on April 6, 2016, in Billings, Mont. She said her brother, Stephen Reinboldt, was sexually abused by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert when Reinboldt was a student and Hastert was a wrestling coach and teacher at Yorkville High School. Burdge is expected to give a victim-impact statement at Hastert's sentencing. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

President George W. Bush, right, chats with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert during a Congressional Medal of Honor ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on July 26, 2001. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves after his guilty plea at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 28, 2015. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Vice President Al Gore, left, and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert applaud President Bill Clinton before his State of the Union address Jan. 19, 1999, in Washington, D.C. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert pays the check at the Cozy Corner Family Restaurant in Yorkville on Feb. 16, 1999. (Candice C. Cusic/baiduhai)

U. S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert holds a news conference Feb. 12, 2001, on the driveway of his home in Yorkville to let the media know that he is fine after surgery the night before to alleviate discomfort from kidney stones. (Mario Petitti/baiduhai)

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert gets his hair cut by Chuck Wolfe, owner of Chuck's in Yorkville, on Feb. 16, 1999. (Candice C. Cusic/baiduhai)

House Speaker Dennis Hastert awaits a television interview on election night in Aurora on Nov. 6, 2002. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Northern Illinois University Chairwoman Cherilyn Murer and Dr. Allan Thornton, Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute medical adviser, talk at a groundbreaking for the Northern Illinois Proton Treatment and Research Center at the DuPage National Technology Park on June 19, 2008, in West Chicago. (Chuck Berman/baiduhai)

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, right, and Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, notice that Hastert is wearing the same tie as in his portrait during the painting's official unveiling at the U.S. Captiol on July 28, 2009, in Washington. Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

President George W. Bush shakes hands with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, right, after addressing a joint session of Congress and a national television audience at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 28, 2001. Vice President Dick Cheney, center, applauds Bush. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Dennis Hastert, new Speaker of the House, is congratulated by Democratic Minority Leader Dick Gephardt on Jan. 6, 1999. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Former U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert takes part in a panel discussion at Wheaton College on Oct. 30, 2012. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai)

U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, left, Speaker Dennis Hastert and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi walk toward the microphones outside the West Wing of the White House following their meeting with President George W. Bush on March 21, 2003. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves Chicago's Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on June 9, 2015, after pleading not guilty to charges he evaded bank regulations and lied to the FBI. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves the federal court after being sentenced to 15 months in prison at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on April 27, 2016, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

House Speaker Dennis Hastert speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 18, 2005. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Former U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert at a panel discussion at Wheaton College on Oct. 30, 2012. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai)

House Speaker Dennis Hastert thanks supporter Sondra Hecox of St. Charles on election night Nov. 7, 2006, at the Baker Hotel in St. Charles. (Bonnie Trafelet/baiduhai)

House Speaker Dennis Hastert greets supporters on election night, Nov. 7, 2000, in Aurora. (Stephanie Sinclair/baiduhai)

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and former Gov. Rod Blagojevich talk with reporters after a meeting with legislative leaders to discuss the budget July 31, 2008, in Chicago. (Alex Garcia/baiduhai)

U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert watches as fishing instructor Owen Owens tries to untangle his line from a tree during an early-morning fishing trip to Valley Forge State Park in Pennsylvania on July 31, 2000. (Stephanie Sinclair/baiduhai)

Newly elected U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, right, and Mayor Richard M. Daley announce a $2.5 million federal grant for Chicago Public Schools' substance abuse programs Jan. 8, 1999. (José Moré/baiduhai)

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert makes his way from his Plano home to a limousine waiting in his driveway June 9, 2015. Hastert was due in federal court later in the day, accused of evading bank regulations and lying to the FBI. (Warren Skalski/for the baiduhai)

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert walks through the U.S. Capitol building, August 4, 2004 in Washington D.C. flanked by security and members of his staff. Hastert had held the position of Speaker for 6 years and recently wrote a book detailing his life and career. (Steven Rosenberg/baiduhai)

U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert waves as he is introduced as speaker of the House by Rep. Nancy Pelosi at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7, 2003. Pelosi was the first woman to be nominated as Speaker of the House; she lost to Hastert in an expected party-line vote. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Cardinal Francis George, left, and former House Speaker Dennis Hastert talk after each spoke about the need for immigration reform during a conference at DePaul University on Feb., 4, 2014. (Abel Uribe/baiduhai)

House Speaker Dennis Hastert is prepped for a CBS news show on election night, Nov. 7, 2000, in Aurora. (Stephanie Sinclair/baiduhai)

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on June 9, 2015, to head to his arraignment. Hastert is accused of evading banking regulations and lying to the FBI. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Signature from Dennis Hastert in a memorial book from the 1995 funeral of Stephen Reinboldt. Hastert attended his funeral. Jolene Burdge, Reinboldt's sister, says she confronted Hastert at the funeral about the alleged sexual abuse of her brother. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert poses with a couple who recognized him as he departed the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 17, 1999, in Washington. A plainclothes Capitol police officer stands guard as Hastert aide Sam Lancaster takes the picture. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Former Gov. Jim Edgar, left, and former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert greet people during an Illinois Business Immigration Coalition event April 22, 2014, in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

House Speaker Dennis Hastert signs an autograph for Kate Stjefbold, 9, at Sandwich Fairground in Sandwich on July 19, 2002. (Michael Walker/for the baiduhai)

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, left, and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert speak after a meeting with President George W. Bush on Jan. 24, 2001. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives for sentencing at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on April 27, 2016. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, left, greets former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson at a cocktail party for the Illinois delegation at the Republican National Convention in New York City on Aug. 29, 2004. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert in his office at the U.S. Capitol on August 4, 2004. (Steven Rosenberg/baiduhai)

Gov. George Ryan chats with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert before the start of a luncheon with the Illinois delegation on Capitol Hill on March 11, 1999. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert poses for a photo with eighth-grade American history students after speaking to them at Batavia Middle School on May 10, 1999. (Mario Petitti/baiduhai)

Warrenville Mayor Vivian M. Lund and U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert talk March 23, 2005, after a ceremonial signing of an agreement with the Kerr-McGee chemical company for the removal of radioactive pollutants in Kress Creek and the west branch of the DuPage River. (John Dziekan/baiduhai)

State Reps. Dennis Hastert and Jane Barnes speak in 1983 on the bipartisan Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission at the State of Illinois Building in Chicago. The group studied child abuse. Rep. Aaron Jaffe, D-Skokie, and Hastert, R-Oswego, co-chaired the group. (Val Mazzenga/baiduhai)

State Rep. Dennis Hastert campaigns for Congress in 1986 in Aurora. (David Butow/baiduhai)

Former U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., is shown in this 1973 Yorkville High School yearbook photo when he was the school's wrestling coach. He is the U.S. House's longest-serving Republican speaker. (Associated Press)

A man walks along the road near the intersection of East Hydraulic and North Bridge streets on April 5, 2016, in Yorkville. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)