On supervised release  Hastert faces new restrictions on porn contact with minors
Dennis Hastert
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tightened restrictions on former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert  including barring  him  from possessing pornography  using sex chat lines or having any contact with minors except in the presence of an adult who is aware of  his  sexual abuse of boys decades ago.
Although the reasons for the tightened restrictions were not spelled out   Hastert  has been undergoing a court-ordered sex offender evaluation — including any "psychological and physiological" testing deemed necessary — to expose any undisclosed wrongdoing and gauge whether  he 's a danger to society.
Under the new terms of  his  release  Hastert  75  was ordered not to possess any “pornographic  sexually oriented  or sexually stimulating materials  including visual  auditory  telephonic  or electronic media  computer programs  or services ” and also was barred from patronizing any businesses where such material was available. Any “sex-related telephone numbers” were also off-limits  according to the order.
A spokesman for U.S. Attorney John Lausch had no comment Tuesday.  Hastert ’s attorney  Thomas Green  could not be reached  but the judge’s order indicated that  Hastert  agreed to the new conditions.
In Tuesday’s order  Durkin said  Hastert  must get approval from the probation department before accessing any device with internet access  including email.  He  must also consent — at  his  cost — to software being installed on  his  computers that monitors all keystrokes and chat conversations.
 Hastert  pleaded guilty in October 2015 to one count of illegally structuring $950 000 in bank withdrawals to avoid reporting requirements.  He  admitted in a plea deal with prosecutors that  he  was making the withdrawals to pay a longtime acquaintance — identified in court records only as Individual A — to hide wrongdoing from  his  past.
The case began to unfold four years ago after a Yorkville bank noticed the suspicious withdrawals. After  he  was told by bank officials that any withdrawals of $10 000 or more had to be reported to regulators   Hastert  began to withdraw cash in $9 000 increments. In all   he  took out $1.7 million over 4½ years  paying Individual A in increments of up to $100 000 in meetings at a Yorkville restaurant parking lot  prosecutors said.
In December 2014  FBI agents confronted  Hastert  about the withdrawals.  He  told them  he  was trying to keep  his  money safe  but shortly after that meeting  an attorney representing  Hastert  called authorities to say the former speaker was a victim of an extortion plot and would cooperate in the investigation.
Agents ultimately determined  however  that  Hastert  had been paying Individual A  a former Yorkville wrestler  to keep  him  silent about sexual abuse decades earlier.
In all  five former students came forward to accuse  Hastert .
Tribune reporters learned the identity of Individual A in early 2016.  He  has repeatedly declined to comment  but  his  wife acknowledged her husband is a victim.  He  has since sued  Hastert  in a Kendall County breach-of-contract lawsuit seeking the remaining $1.8 million — plus accrued interest — that  he  argues  Hastert  still owes  him . That lawsuit is pending.
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tightened restrictions on [TGT]including barring  [TGT]  from possessing pornography  using sex chat lines or having any contact with minors except in the presence of an adult who is aware of  [TGT]  sexual abuse of boys decades ago.
Although the reasons for the tightened restrictions were not spelled out   [TGT]has been undergoing a court-ordered sex offender evaluation — including any "psychological and physiological" testing deemed necessary — to expose any undisclosed wrongdoing and gauge whether  [TGT] 's a danger to society.
Under the new terms of  [TGT]  release  [TGT]75  was ordered not to possess any “pornographic  sexually oriented  or sexually stimulating materials  including visual  auditory  telephonic  or electronic media  computer programs  or services ” and also was barred from patronizing any businesses where such material was available. Any “sex-related telephone numbers” were also off-limits  according to the order.
A spokesman for U.S. Attorney John Lausch had no comment Tuesday.  Hastert ’s attorney  Thomas Green  could not be reached  but the judge’s order indicated that  [TGT]agreed to the new conditions.
In Tuesday’s order  Durkin said  [TGT]must get approval from the probation department before accessing any device with internet access  including email.  [TGT]  must also consent — at  [TGT]  cost — to software being installed on  [TGT]  computers that monitors all keystrokes and chat conversations.
 [TGT]pleaded guilty in October 2015 to one count of illegally structuring $950 000 in bank withdrawals to avoid reporting requirements.  [TGT]  admitted in a plea deal with prosecutors that  [TGT]  was making the withdrawals to pay a longtime acquaintance — identified in court records only as Individual A — to hide wrongdoing from  [TGT]  past.
The case began to unfold four years ago after a Yorkville bank noticed the suspicious withdrawals. After  he  was told by bank officials that any withdrawals of $10 000 or more had to be reported to regulators   [TGT]began to withdraw cash in $9 000 increments. In all   [TGT]  took out $1.7 million over 4½ years  paying Individual A in increments of up to $100 000 in meetings at a Yorkville restaurant parking lot  prosecutors said.
In December 2014  FBI agents confronted  [TGT]about the withdrawals.  [TGT]  told them  [TGT]  was trying to keep  [TGT]  money safe  but shortly after that meeting  an attorney representing  [TGT]called authorities to say the former speaker was a victim of an extortion plot and would cooperate in the investigation.
Agents ultimately determined  however  that  [TGT]had been paying Individual A  a former Yorkville wrestler  to keep  [TGT]  silent about sexual abuse decades earlier.
In all  five former students came forward to accuse  [TGT] .
Tribune reporters learned the identity of Individual A in early 2016.  He  has repeatedly declined to comment  but  his  wife acknowledged her husband is a victim.  He  has since sued  [TGT]in a Kendall County breach-of-contract lawsuit seeking the remaining $1.8 million — plus accrued interest — that  he  argues  [TGT]still owes  [TGT] . That lawsuit is pending.