Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Monday, June 20, 2016.
- Dennis Hastert to report to prison in Minnesota Wednesday
Former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert will start his prison sentence at the Rochester Federal Medical Center in Minnesota Wednesday. Hastert has the distinction of becoming “highest-ranking elected official in American history to serve time behind bars,” according to the Daily Herald. The disgraced politician pleaded guilty to breaking federal banking laws in order to pay hush money to a man, one of five he is alleged to have sexually molested while working as a teacher at Yorkville High School in the 60s and 70s. [Daily Herald] [Sun-Times]
