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Now to politics. republican flavor of the month newt gingrich really went out on a limb at the cnbc debate last week when he said he never worked as a lobbyist for the government-backed mortgage company freddie mac. >> your firm was paid $300,000 by freddie mac in 2006. what did you do for that money? >> are you asking me? >> yes. >> i offered them advice on precisely what they didn't do. i have never done any lobbying. every contract that was written during the period when i was out of the office specifically said i would do no lobbying and i offered advice. and my advice as a historian when ...

Now to politics. republican flavor of the month newt gingrich really went out on a limb at the cnbc debate last week when he said he never worked as a lobbyist for the government-backed mortgage company, freddie mac. >> your firm was paid $300,000 by freddie mac in 2006. what did you do for that money? >> are you asking me? >> yes. >> i offered them advice on precisely what they didn't do. i have never done any lobbying. every contract that was written during the period when i was out of the office specifically said i would do no lobbying and i offered advice. my advice as a historian when the...