The fees weren’t paid to Newt, but to his business. I saw him explaining this on TV the other night. His business was located in at least three cities, as I recall, and it was employees of his business that were doing the research and compiling data.
Newt may have met with a rep of FM for an hour each month, but the money was paying for his business expenses; not going into his pocket.
I’m not a big Newt supporter, but I really dislike seeing facts distorted to make it appear he did something nefarious.
You really think he was paid for advice??! $1.8 Million?!!? Newt was no expert on the economy or the mortgage industry. So what could he possibly sell that is worth $1.8 million? Theres only one thing Newt has. He was paid for his influence over other gop congressman