“why else would he lobby for Freddie Mac”
Honestly do you know the difference between a lobbyist and a consultant?
Do you? Do you think they were paying him millions of dollars so he could teach them history or give them advice they didnt want to hear? Or is it at all possible that they were leveraging his contacts?
If they wanted an academic consultant they could have hired some nobody expert and paid him one tenth what they paid the ex-speaker, who got them into doors with people they wouldnt have gotten into otherwise.
Do you know what sort of consulting Newt did?