Gingrich Defends Freddie Mac Payments as He Gets More Scrutiny
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Newt Gingrich defended payments of at least $1.6 million he received from mortgage company Freddie Mac, saying he provided “strategic advice over a long period of time” and that his work would remind voters of his knowledge of how Washington works.
On campaign stops in Iowa where he might have basked in a recent surge in state and national polls to the upper ranks of Republican presidential contenders, Gingrich yesterday also said scrutiny of the payments was justified.