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FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago. A judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a sexual abuse victim against Hastert can go forward. Kendall County Judge Robert Pilmer say in his ruling filed Monday Nov. 7, 2016, that the plaintiff established what was needed to allege &quot;a claim for contract.&quot; (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) — FILE - In this April 27, 2016, file photo, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago. A judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a sexual abuse victim against Hastert can go forward. Kendall County Judge Robert Pilmer say in his ruling filed Monday Nov. 7, 2016, that the plaintiff established what was needed to allege "a claim for contract." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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