Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110105:02:03:00
>> mr. gingrich himself was ordered by the house to pay a $300,000 ethics penalty in an investigation over misuse of tax-exempt funds. he was nearly forced out as speaker. he then quit as speaker and quit congress altogether in 1998. mr. gingrich was just the tip of the class of 1994. republican ethics iceberg, though, bob ney was indicted and went to prison on federal corruption charges. class of '94s we cooley was convicted of having bribed voters. he was later indicted on unrelated money launders and tax charges. also the very famous republican mark sanford. also included john ensign, now r...