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Former House speaker accused of paying millions in hush money

Retired House speaker Dennis Hastert was indicted after being accused of agreeing to pay millions of dollars to keep an unidentified person silent about "prior misconduct." The nature of the alleged misconduct is still unknown. Hastert is the longest-serving Republican House speaker in history. Jan Crawford reports from Washington on what we know about the case.
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