Judge Delays Dennis Hastert's Sentencing Again; Now April 27

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Mar 23, 2016, 1:40 PM ET

The judge overseeing Dennis Hastert's hush-money case has granted prosecutors' request to delay the former U.S. House speaker's sentencing until April 27.

Judge Thomas M. Durkin said in a Tuesday filing that a status conference was held to discuss witness availability during the previously scheduled April 8 sentencing. The judge ordered portions of that transcript sealed, saying they deal with the witness' identity.

The judge set Hastert's sentencing for 10 a.m. April 27. Objections must be filed by April 8.

Hastert pleaded guilty Oct. 28 to violating bank laws in seeking to pay someone $3.5 million in hush money.

Durkin agreed at a hearing in January to push sentencing back from Feb. 29 to April 8 after Hastert's attorneys said the 74-year-old Republican had health problems.