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As it appears you are only an anti-Ginrich apparatchik, you would not, of course, be interested in full and actual TRUTH; you're only interested in MISTATEMENTS OF MATERIAL FACTS. Thanks, however, for giving me the opportunity to dispel your lies (as that what half-truths are) with actual and additional facts.

The following post is for the enlightenment and benefit of those who are ignorant as to the full and actual facts of the smear campaign waged against Gingrich in 1997 by the Democrats, the GOP-e, and the lame stream media when he was Speaker, and which continues today by....the Democrats, the GOP-e, and the lame stream media (i.e., Romney, McLame, Rove, Faux News, and, of late, Santorum), as it is evident these truths are lacking in your own posts:

Additional Background on the Trumped Up "Ethics" Charges Against Gingrich:

With the charges against Gingrich megaphoned in the press, Gingrich and Republicans were under intense pressure to end the ordeal. In January, 1997, Gingrich agreed to make a limited confession of wrongdoing in which he pleaded guilty to the previously unknown offense of failing to seek sufficiently detailed advice from a tax lawyer before proceeding with the course. (Gingrich had in fact sought advice from two such lawyers in relation to the course.) Gingrich also admitted that he had provided "inaccurate, incomplete, and unreliable" information to Ethics Committee investigators. That "inaccurate" information was Gingrich's contention that the course was not political -- a claim Cole and the committee did not accept, but the IRS later would. [see below]
In return for those admissions, the House reprimanded Gingrich and levied an unprecedented $300,000 fine. The size of the penalty was not so much about the misdeed itself but the fact that the Speaker was involved in it.
Why did Gingrich admit wrongdoing? "The atmosphere at the time was so rancorous, partisan, and personal that everyone, including Newt, was desperately seeking a way to end the whole thing," Gingrich attorney Jan Baran told me in 1999. "He was admitting to whatever he could to get the case over with."
It was a huge victory for Democrats. They had deeply wounded the Speaker. But they hadn't brought him down. So, as Bonior suggested, the [DEMOCRATS] sought to push law enforcement to begin a criminal investigation of Gingrich.
Nothing happened with the Justice Department and the FBI, but the IRS began an investigation that would stretch over three years.
THE I.R.S. INVOLVEMENT:
Unlike many in Congress -- and journalists, too -- IRS investigators obtained tapes and transcripts of each session during the two years the course was taught at Kennesaw State College in Georgia, as well as videotapes of the third year of the course, taught at nearby Reinhardt College. IRS officials examined every word Gingrich spoke in every class; before investigating the financing and administration of the course, they first sought to determine whether it was in fact educational and whether it served to the political benefit of Gingrich, his political organization, GOPAC, or the Republican Party as a whole.
[The I.R.S.] then carefully examined the role of the Progress and Freedom Foundation and how it related to Gingrich's political network....
[SeeGINGRICH WAS FALSELY ACCUSED & FULLY EXONERATED! ]
I.R.S. FINDINGS:

In 1999, after a 3 ½ year investigation, the Internal Revenue Service (under then President Bill Clinton) concluded that Gingrich did not violate any tax laws, leading renowned CNN Investigative Reporter Brooks Jackson to remark on air “it turns out [Gingrich] was right and those who accused him of tax fraud were wrong.”
Eighty four (84) politically motivated ethics charges were filed against Newt when he was Speaker of the House regarding the use of tax exempt funds for a college course he taught titled “Renewing American Civilization.” Eighty-three (83) of the eighty-four charges were found to be WITHOUT MERIT AND DROPPED. The remaining charge had to do with contradictory documents prepared by Newt’s lawyer supplied during the course of the investigation. Newt took responsibility for the error and agreed to reimburse the committee the cost of the investigation into that discrepancy [$300,000.

I.R.S. CONCLUSION:
BOTTOM LINE: According to the IRS, Gingrich acted properly and violated no laws. There was no tax fraud scheme.
[See CNN: IRS Exonerated Gingrich in 1999 (and see Newt Gingrich Cleared! Now How About a Refund?

Of the 83 charges initialed leveled against Newt, he was charged with the 84th. However, an independent tax court found him not guilty of the 84th charge a couple years later. IN SUMMARY:

"Meaning the only thing he did "wrong" was screw with the mutinous committee toward the end of the witch hunt. He admitted that was wrong but I would have made them dread every moment they questioned me under these circumstances and I would have sent these Traitors on as many wild goose chases as I could think of.
This entire band of RINO's knew from day one that they had absolutely nothing of substance against Gingrich and were only trying to turn up public pressure to get him out so they could go back on the take from lobbyist's and start spending more taxpayer money.
This entire event is a badge of honor for Gingrich, he fought the RINO's to the very end so nothing they did after his ouster can be connected to him in any way.
The 1998-2006 GOP House stands as a monument to what RINO's will do if given the purse strings and an example of just how far they will go to eradicate Conservatives from their midst. The RINO's own the current GOP reputation because they earned it, the witch hunt of Newt Gingrich in 1998 marked the beginning of the RINO stampede and it ended in disgrace as Nancy Pelosi took the gavel in 2006. Those RINO's left the GOP in shambles and with no credibility left as small government defenders of rugged individualism."

I couldn't have said it better myself.