Although he received the go-ahead from Freddie Mac last week to release the contracts from his time as an adviser to the company, it appears that Newt Gingrich will not be making those documents public after all.
An attorney representing the Center for Health Transformation, the consulting firm founded by Gingrich, told Bloomberg News that he will not permit the release of the documents because such a disclosure would jeopardize the confidentiality of certain clients.
Initially, Gingrich maintained that he could not release the details to the contracts because he is bound by a confidentiality agreement with Freddie Mac. When the mortgage giant publicly released him from that agreement last Friday, the former House Speaker deferred to the Center for Health Transformation to make the decision.
