Truth is, Newt wasn’t a lobbyist for Fannie and Freddie, he was a paid consultant who told them what to do and they both told him to go jump off a bridge.
1.6 million was not a lump sum but spread out over ten years or so.
You believe that?
Why would Freddie Mac pay Newt Gingrich $1.6M to tell them their business model is messed up when they had loads of conservative Republicans on Capitol Hill breathing down their neck and telling them that for free?
No — Gingrich was hired to try to help sell Freddie Mac to the GOP and the public.