Dennis Hastert will serve his 15-month sentence at a federal medical prison in Minnesota, as recommended by the judge who rejected the former U.S. House speaker's plea for probation, sources close to the case confirmed Friday.
Hastert must surrender by 2 p.m. Wednesday for his conviction on federal bank violations stemming from a sensational hush-money case that unearthed decades-old sexual misconduct against minors.
At sentencing in late April, U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin said Hastert, 74 and in declining health, should go to a prison with a high-level medical facility. With credit for good behavior, Hastert could be in custody for about 121/2 months.
Once second in line to the presidency, he will be known while confined only as federal inmate No. 47991-424.
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