Andy Richter said he remembers seeing Dennis Hastert watching boys shower
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Ahead of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's sentencing on bank fraud charges later in April, prosecutors Friday filed a memo detailing for the first time the former high school wrestling coach's alleged sexual abuse of boys.
The document included the claim that Hastert positioned a chair so that he could watch boys shower. Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Richter, who attended Yorkville High School in the '80s, backed up the claim Saturday on Twitter.
Richter also claimed he doesn't recall anyone questioning Hastert's behavior. Julie Kliegman
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
