Attorneys for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert told a judge they reached an agreement for their client to plead guilty to charges that he lied to federal investigators about plans to pay someone he had wronged $3.5 million in hush money.
Hastert is scheduled to enter his plea at an October 28 hearing, according to the U.S. Attorney's office for Northern Illinois.
Two sources with knowledge of the federal investigation told CNN in June that Hastert was paying a former student to stay quiet about allegations of sexual abuse.
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