Hastert under Investigation

House Speaker Dennis Hastert is under investigation. ABC News has the story (hat tip to Paul Kiel of TPMMuckraker who, along with Justin Rood, has been doing original reporting on the Abramoff and Cunningham investigations):

Federal officials say the Congressional bribery investigation now includes Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, based on information from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government.

Part of the investigation involves a letter Hastert wrote three years ago, urging the Secretary of the Interior to block a casino on an Indian reservation that would have competed with other tribes.

One thing that needs to be asked about Dennis Hastert is why so many special favors found their way into legislation that he's responsible for handling. Either Hastert is a boob who's easily fooled or he's known what a lot of the nonsense was about. It's astonishing Republicans have not raised any concerns.

UPDATE: Paul Kiel of TPMMuckraker has a late post on the investigation.