Michele Bachmann has pounced on revelations that Newt Gingrich, one of her rivals for the GOP presidential nomination, took in roughly $1.6 million while working for the housing and mortgages giant, Freddie Mac.
According to the National Journal, the Minnesota congresswoman accused Gingrich of ‘shilling’ for the company.
“Whether former Speaker Gingrich made $300,000 or whether he made $2 million, the point is that he took money to influence senior Republicans to be favorable toward Fannie and Freddie,” she reportedly told an Iowa audience.
Gingrich has denied that he did lobbying work for Freddie Mac, saying instead that he was being paid for his ‘strategic advice’ as ‘an historian.’
