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From the article:

Exactly one month before yesterday's vote, Gingrich admitted that he brought discredit to the House and broke its rules by failing to ensure that financing for two projects would not violate federal tax law and by giving the House ethics committee false information.

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Gingrich Admits He Broke Rules and Misled Panel

WASHINGTON — After two years of vehemently denying wrongdoing, House Speaker Newt Gingrich made an about-face Saturday and admitted that he had violated House rules in connection with several tax-exempt charitable organizations and had also provided "inaccurate, incomplete and unreliable" information to the Ethics Committee.

Gingrich's admission of wrongdoing in a case he had once dismissed as a "fishing expedition" came after the ethics panel's investigative subcommittee criticized the powerful speaker for improperly using the charitable organizations for partisan ends and not leveling with the committee in responses to its inquiries.

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Who. Do. You. Support?

Say it.

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You mean, he was FORCED to admit........? Grasping man.

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Were you following politics when this happened? The charge was that Newt's college course Renewing American Civilization had a political purpose rather than an educational purpose and that, as a result, the tax exempt status of the organization that had put on the course had been violated. The IRS subsequently found that charge not be true - which meant there was not basis to the original ethics charge that he paid $300,000 on.

In a court of law, the IRS's decision would have resulted in a reversal of the ethics charge - but Congress is more often than not above the law.

[maine-iac7]

Exactly one month before yesterday's vote, Gingrich admitted that he brought discredit to the House and broke its rules by failing to ensure that financing for two projects would not violate federal tax law and by giving the House ethics committee false information.

continuing with the half truths, I see. Well, that answers that.

You are totally ignoring the article where it states: "after a 3.5 year probe, after Newt paid the $300,000 fine, the IRS announced on February 3, 1999, that it found NO IMPROPRIETIES IN THE TAX FILINGS of Gingrich and the sponsoring Progress and Freedom Foundation. The IRS said the principles taught in the course were not of use only in political campaigns. "The ... course taught principles from American civilization that could be used by each American in everyday life whether the person is a welfare recipient, the head of a large corporation, or a politician."

Keep it up and people might think you're an