Attorneys back in court on Hastert case

It marked the second consecutive court hearing in which Hastert’s lawyer, Thomas Green, blasted the leaks from unnamed law enforcement sources as threatening a fair trial.

Miami A defense legal professional for former Simply.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert informed analysis ascertain on Tuesday that he’s gearing up for experiment and attempts to submit a range of gestures contesting aspects of the insinuation along the once-powerful flesh presser, social media reports said. “It is now an 800-pound gorilla in this case”. “It has been injected in this case wrongfully”.

The indictment also suggests someone may have been extorting Hastert, but it doesn’t elaborate.

Hastert, 73, did not attend the court hearing. It says “Individual A” has been a resident of Yorkville – the town about 60 miles outside Chicago where Hastert taught and coached – and has known Hastert for “most of Individual A’s life”.

Hastert, who did not appear at Tuesday’s status hearing at the federal courthouse in Chicago because he was not required to do so, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to hide large cash transactions and lied to the FBI about it. (Credit: AP) The leaks have created “special problems” for the defense and will be part of the former congressman’s forthcoming motion to dismiss the indictment, Hastert’s attorney, Thomas Green of Sidley Austin LLP, said…

Durkin has granted a protective order that blocks prosecutors and the defense from disseminating information about the case.

As he prepares for trial, Green told the judge Tuesday that he’s stumped about whether to ignore the allegations. “(The question is) whether I wrestle with that gorilla or I don’t wrestle with that gorilla”. But the allegations could potentially be raised in testimony regarding motives.