Fortunately you are wrong, sometimes good DOES triumph! The current GOP House Leader, Jim Boehner (OH), who was the person Speaker Newt Gingrich was talking to, sued Rep, James McDermott and won through the Appeals Court.
On March 31, 2008, Chief Judge Thomas Hogan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered McDermott to pay $1.05 million to Boehner, covering attorney's fees, costs and interest. McDermott also has had to pay over $60,000 in fines and close to $600,000 to his own lawyers. McDermott said he would not appeal further.
Nothing is said about how Baghdad Jim is paying but it is a court judgement.
Thank you for that update. It’s telling that I live near Seattle and didn’t know about this decision. Great media we have, right?