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<blockquote data-quote="Sportello" data-source="post: 5625823" data-attributes="member: 55299">Sixty letters asking for leniency for Hastert were submitted to the court ahead of sentencing, but 19 of these letters were withdrawn after Judge Durkin said that he would not consider any letters that were not made public.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert#cite_note-MeisnerLetters-204" target="_blank">[204]</a> Of the 41 letters that were made public, several were from current or former members of Congress: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Doolittle" target="_blank">John T. Doolittle</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dreier" target="_blank">David Dreier</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Ewing" target="_blank">Thomas W. Ewing</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Goss" target="_blank">Porter Goss</a> (who also is a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_director" target="_blank">CIA director</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert#cite_note-TarmLetters-205" target="_blank">[205]</a> The Chicago Tribune noted that DeLay and Doolittle had &quot;have had legal troubles of their own&quot; stemming from the Abramoff scandal, although DeLay&#039;s conviction in that scandal was later overturned and Doolittle was never charged.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert#cite_note-MeisnerLetters-204" target="_blank">[204]</a> Other supporters of Hastert who wrote letters on his behalf included his family members; former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Attorney_General" target="_blank">Illinois Attorney General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_C._Fahner" target="_blank">Tyrone C. Fahner</a>; &quot;local leaders, board members, police officers and others from his home base in rural Kendall County&quot;; and &quot;several members of Illinois&#039; wrestling community.&quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert#cite_note-MeisnerLetters-204" target="_blank">[204]</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sportello, post: 5625823, member: 55299"] Sixty letters asking for leniency for Hastert were submitted to the court ahead of sentencing, but 19 of these letters were withdrawn after Judge Durkin said that he would not consider any letters that were not made public.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert#cite_note-MeisnerLetters-204'][204][/URL] Of the 41 letters that were made public, several were from current or former members of Congress: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Doolittle']John T. Doolittle[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dreier']David Dreier[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Ewing']Thomas W. Ewing[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Goss']Porter Goss[/URL] (who also is a former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_director']CIA director[/URL]).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert#cite_note-TarmLetters-205'][205][/URL] The [I]Chicago Tribune[/I] noted that DeLay and Doolittle had "have had legal troubles of their own" stemming from the Abramoff scandal, although DeLay's conviction in that scandal was later overturned and Doolittle was never charged.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert#cite_note-MeisnerLetters-204'][204][/URL] Other supporters of Hastert who wrote letters on his behalf included his family members; former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Attorney_General']Illinois Attorney General[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_C._Fahner']Tyrone C. Fahner[/URL]; "local leaders, board members, police officers and others from his home base in rural Kendall County"; and [B]"several members of Illinois' wrestling community."[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hastert#cite_note-MeisnerLetters-204'][B][204][/B][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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