Gingrich today on his $1.6 million from Freddie Mac: “I have no idea about the details … It was paid to Gingrich Group. Gingrich Group has many clients.”

Only Newt Gingrich would demand a congressional investigation into Freddie Mac’s and Fannie Mae’s political contributions to lawmakers after he himself received $1.6 million from Freddie Mac over eight years beginning almost immediately after he resigned as Speaker.