"J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, was paying a man to not say publicly that Mr. Hastert had sexually abused him decades ago..."

"... according to two people briefed on the evidence uncovered in an F.B.I. investigation into the payments...."

The man � who was not identified in court papers � told the F.B.I. that he had been inappropriately touched by Mr. Hastert when Mr. Hastert was a high school teacher and wrestling coach, the two people said on Friday....

The indictment said that in 2010, the man met with Mr. Hastert several times, and that at one of those meetings Mr. Hastert agreed to pay him $3.5 million �in order to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct against� the man.