Judge Who Donated to Hastert's Campaign [View all]

Can Stay on Case.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-who-gave-dennis-hasterts-campaign-can-stay-case-n373886

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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's federal hush money case will go forward with a judge who donated to his campaign fund years ago.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys were given a chance to ask that U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin be disqualified because of the contributions, but in papers filed in Chicago Federal Court on Thursday, both sides said they are fine with him staying.

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This judge is the brother of Jim Durkin, who is the Republican minority leader in the Illinois house. Jim Durkin ran against Durbin for Senate in 2002. Jim Durkin was Romney's campaign manager here as well.

I know Springfield is small and everyone knows each other. But this is a Federal case. I am not sure how I feel about this.