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According to federal prosecutors, each of the two charges carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.<ref name="Daveymay"/> On May 29, Hastert was released on his own [[recognizance]] on a preliminary bail of $4,500 set by a [[United States magistrate judge|magistrate judge]].<ref name="Kamisar">Ben Kamisar, [http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/243442-hastert-posts-4500-bail Hastert posts $4,500 bail], ''The Hill'' (May 29, 2015).</ref><ref name="Grossman&Kesling"/>

The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge [[Thomas M. Durkin], an [[Barack Obama|Obama]] appointee.<ref name="DeBonis"/> Durkin contributed $500 in 2002 and $1000 in 2004 to the Hastert for Congress campaign; the contributions were made while Durkin was a partner at the law firm [[Mayer Brown]], before he was appointed to the federal bench in 2012.<ref name="GersteinContribs">Josh Gerstein, [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/denny-hastert-indictment-thomas-durkin-118501.html Hastert judge also donated to his campaigns], ''Politico'' (June 1, 2015).</ref> Hastert's son Ethan is a partner at Mayer Brown.<ref name="GersteinContribs"/>

Hastert is scheduled to be [[Arraignment|arraigned]] at 10 a.m. on June 4, 2015, at the [[Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse|federal courthouse in downtown Chicago]].<ref>Jason Meisner, [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dennis-hastert-20150601-story.html Hastert to be arraigned Thursday in federal court in Chicago], ''Chicago Tribune'' (June 1, 2014).</ref>