The call came in while Hastert appeared on CSPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Nov. 13, a week after last year’s midterm elections. The caller identified himself only as “Bruce” from Illinois.
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“Hello, Denny,” the caller said.
“Do you remember me from Yorkville?” he added, before laughing and hanging up.
CSPAN’s host Pedro Echevarria immediately moved onto the next caller and Hastert had no significant reaction to the call than other than indicating he knew “Bruce.”
There’s no evidence linking the caller to Hastert’s alleged illegal activity, but the strange clip was posted onto the “My-CSPAN” video library by a C-SPAN viewer the day that the indictment was announced.
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