On Wednesday night, House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) spun tales of Democratic cabals and hidden agendas for the benefit of hungry reporters. Hastert told The Chicago Tribune that Clinton operatives knew about the allegations and were maybe behind the story’s release. “I saw Bill Clinton’s adviser, Richard Morris, was saying these guys knew about this all along,” he said. “When the base finds out who’s feeding this monster, they’re not going to be happy…. The people who want to see this thing blow up are ABC News and a lot of Democratic operatives, people funded by George Soros.”
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