At the NBC debate, Newt Gingrich continued to deny any accusation that he had acted as a lobbyist for Freddie Mac, as part of his consulting and advisory work for them.
“You know, there’s a point in this process where it gets unnecessarily personal and nasty, and that’s sad,” said Gingrich, adding that he had brought to the job his long career of serving in the House of Representatives from Georgia, and as Speaker.
“I think it’s pretty clear to say that I have never ever gone and done any lobbying. In fact, we brought in an expert on lobbying law to our staff,” he said, and that expert would be prepared to testify that he explained the “bright line” between what a person can do as a private citizen, and what would qualify a person as a lobbyist.
