Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that the former House speaker made between $1.6 million and $1.8 million in consultation fees in a nine-year span. Sources told Bloomberg that in 2006, Gingrich was asked to build bridges to Capitol Hill Republicans and develop an argument on behalf of the companys public-private structure that would resonate with conservatives seeking to dismantle it.
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Earlier Newt said it was for his services as a historian. More recently he's said it was for "strategic advice". (What strategy were they following?) The fee was "relatively standard," he says, "for Washington".
Does anybody believe any of this? Is Newt just flat-out lying?