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Abramoff: Gingrich's Involvement With Freddie Mac Is "Corruption"
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| Contributor | La Fayette |
| Last Edited | La Fayette Nov 18, 2011 02:28pm |
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| Category | Interview |
| Author | David Gregory |
| News Date | Thursday, November 17, 2011 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | David Gregory, "Meet the Press" moderator: The transparency of government is still an issue, it's an issue on the campaign trail. Newt Gingrich, the former speaker, is now caught up in this with Freddie Mac, the large housing giant now controlled by the government. He claimed he got $300,000 to be a consultant to them. Bloomberg's reporting it was well over $1 million providing strategic counseling. What do you make of all that?
Jack Abramoff: Well this is exactly what I'm talking about. People who come to Washington who have public service, and they cash in on it. And they use their public service and their access to make money, and unfortunately Newt Gingrich is one of them who’s done it. But far too many of them do it and one of the reforms that I propose in my book is to close permanently the door, the revolving door, between public service and cashing in as a lobbyist. |
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