Romney team hits Gingrich over Freddie money - Washington Times

Romney team hits Gingrich over Freddie money - Washington Times: The Romney camp suggested — in a morning email blast and then a conference call with reporters — that Mr. Gingrich is trying to cover up the fact that he lobbied members of Congress on behalf of the mortgage housing giant, which reportedly paid him $1.6 million — though Mr. Gingrich says he advised them as a "historian."

"Newt Gingrich says he was not a lobbyist — he was just a politician who was paid millions after he left Congress to influence his friends in Washington," said Gail Gitcho, Mr. Romney's communications director, in the email.