Newt Gingrich was so upset over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s political influence in 2008 that he urged Congress to launch an investigation into lawmakers who had taken donations. Gingrich did not mention at the time that he had received a reported $1.6 million from Freddie Mac over eight years to provide “strategic advice.”His remarks came in a September 24 interview with Sean Hannity, in which the FOX News host asked for his opinion on former government officials who had done work for Freddie Mac in the past:
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