Judge says he’ll rule next month on lawsuit against Hastert

A Kendall County judge said he will issue a written decision within 45 days whether a lawsuit filed against former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert by a sexual abuse victim should be dismissed. Characterizing it as a form of extortion, attorneys for Hastert asked Judge Robert Pilmer to dismiss a lawsuit brought in April by the man who contends Hastert owes him $1.8 million of the $3.5 million promised to keep the man silent.