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Romney Campaign Press Release - 24 Hours Later: Gingrich More of a Lobbyist Than Ever Before

January 24, 2012

24 hours after Gingrich releases his Freddie Mac contract, he's more of a lobbyist than ever before.

Let's start from the beginning yesterday ...

7:35pm ET: After the Gingrich Group Releases Freddie Mac Contract

7:49pm ET: We immediately find out Gingrich Worked For Freddie Mac's Lobby Shop

8:30pm ET: But that his Contract With Freddie Mac Leaves Questions Unanswered

8:45pm ET: Because there are Few Details.

9:31pm ET: The Freddie Mac Records "cover only 2006, despite the fact that the former House speaker consulted for Freddie for six years."

9:45pm ET: It's time for a Fact Check: Gingrich the Lobbyist? We quickly learn that while Speaker Gingrich may have "never registered as a lobbyist ... he did many of the same things lobbyists do, including meeting with state lawmakers, members of Congress and federal officials to promote issues important to companies that were paying his consulting firm as much as $200,000 a year." Hmm. 

9:46pm ET: Gov. Romney rightly points out at the debate that Gingrich Didn't Earn Millions As Historian.

11:25pm ET: But, Speaker Gingrich digs in and receives a "PANTS ON FIRE" when he Repeats Claim That Freddie Mac, Credit Unions Are 'Government-Sponsored Enterprises'.

Then, this morning ...

6:33am ET: Mitt Romney receives a "TRUE" for rightly pointing out that Newt Gingrich's Contract Was With Freddie Mac's Lobbyists

10:30am ET: And Rep. Connie Mack explains that Gingrich's Freddie Mac Contract Raises More Questions Than Answers ... couldn't agree more.

12:11pm ET: But, Speaker Gingrich continues to insist government relations is not lobbying ...

 WELCOME TO NEWT WORLD: where all is not as it seems ...

2:45pm ET: It'd be interesting to hear how he references being called a "High-Profile Booster" For Freddie Mac as well 

4:05pm ET: And why he needed a tutorial On Lobbying Laws In 2000 given his work as an "historian."

5:00pm ET: Newt Gingrich: The Lobbyist Who Wasn't. Or who was.

Mitt Romney, Romney Campaign Press Release - 24 Hours Later: Gingrich More of a Lobbyist Than Ever Before Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/299590

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