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Plaintiff,
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JOHN DENNIS HASTERT,
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Defendant.
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Chicago, Illinois
April 27, 2016
10:09 a.m.
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Also Present:
Court Reporter:
THE COURT:
MR. BLOCK:
the podium.
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MR. BLOCK:
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THE COURT:
All right.
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THE COURT:
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witness.
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but the witness will take the stand rather than you asking
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MR. GREEN:
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THE COURT:
All right.
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THE CLERK:
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MS. BURDGE:
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THE COURT:
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MS. BURDGE:
I do.
You may proceed.
My name is Jolene Burdge, and I am the
"Dear Mom:
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chair rocker, both on sale, and got the new Bruce Springsteen
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He
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die.
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Neuropathy made
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it hard to walk, and the people shunned him when they saw his
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KS lesions.
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send him a little money to get him through the month, he knew
and sound, letters full of passion for the arts and film he
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Fear of the
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only one funeral home that would pick up his body from the
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No more secrets.
No more guilt or
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brother.
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side.
Emotional and
You
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actions were soon used as weapons to get what you wanted all
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along.
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His diminishing
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you can deny your abuse of Steve because he can no longer speak
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for himself.
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You think
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actions.
How can that be when you refuse to acknowledge the
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true reason behind the money structuring and lying to the FBI?
what it is.
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After
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much time they might have left with you based on your current
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health conditions.
From Steve's high school graduation in 1971 until his
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Steve.
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and embarrassed.
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fault.
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Yorkville community.
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emotional abuse.
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he died of AIDS, but because you took his innocence and turned
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it against him.
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that.
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daughter.
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I worked
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My
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very special.
to me.
He was
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Thank you.
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THE COURT:
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MR. BLOCK:
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THE COURT:
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MR. GREEN:
No, sir.
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THE COURT:
All right.
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THE CLERK:
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please.
(Witness duly sworn.)
Thank you.
MR. CROSS:
I do.
Good morning.
I live in
I've worked
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But we
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I jumped
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experience.
I was selected by Coach Hastert to join him at
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match.
As a
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team.
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Hastert.
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teacher.
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Coach Hastert.
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Forgive me.
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THE COURT:
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MR. CROSS:
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practice.
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jumped up, pulled up my shorts, and ran out of the locker room.
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about it, what Coach Hastert had done to me, with my parents,
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Coach Hastert
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bring this on, but at age 17, I could not understand what
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happened or why.
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I tried to
I felt very
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to as well.
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I had
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brother and my wife for the first time what had happened.
shared this with my parents for the first time last year when I
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prosecution began.
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my family.
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courtroom.
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know and understand how Mr. Hastert violated the trust I placed
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know the pain and suffering he caused me then and still causes
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me today.
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THE COURT:
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MR. GREEN:
No, sir.
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THE COURT:
All right.
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MR. CROSS:
Thank you.
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I could no
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If you
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want to get up, you can come up here and do it at the podium.
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THE DEFENDANT:
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Of course.
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THE DEFENDANT:
THE COURT:
THE DEFENDANT:
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And I don't --
You may.
-- want to miss anything.
So ...
Please do.
I'm deeply ashamed to be standing here
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also I misled the FBI in 2015 about what happened in the past.
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I have more
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advantage of them.
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families.
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of 2015.
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past 11 months.
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and my sons Ethan and Josh have done to support me and to take
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United States and stand here ready to accept the sentence that
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MR. GREEN:
Yes, sir.
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THE COURT:
-- of Mr. Hastert.
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THE DEFENDANT:
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THE COURT:
THE DEFENDANT:
THE COURT:
All right.
All right.
THE DEFENDANT:
THE COURT:
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Yes.
Did you
to do it.
(Counsel and defendant conferring.)
THE DEFENDANT:
statement.
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THE COURT:
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THE DEFENDANT:
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THE COURT:
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All right.
Okay.
want to add.
MR. GREEN:
No, sir.
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C E R T I F I C A T E
I certify that the foregoing is a correct transcript of the
excerpt of proceedings in the above-entitled matter.
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