Little-Acorn
12-05-2011, 02:54 PM
Remember back when Gingrich was Speaker of the House in the 1990s? Rep. David Bonior (D-MI) was detached from his normal House job and assigned full-time to digging through Gingrich's life and bringing charges against him. Bonior eventually filed some 75 charges against the Speaker. All were quickly thrown out as baseless, except one concerning a history class Gingrich had taught, and had paid for in part with tax-free funds. Bonior's complaint was that some of the information in the class could have been used in a political campaign, which would make it an improper use of tax-free funds. Gingrich was reprimanded by the House, and fined $300,000. A few years after he paid the fine, the IRS ruled that there were no improprieties in the tax status of the funds.
Sounds like now Nancy Pelosi, who was apparently on the investigative committee, is planning to dust off those old files and start using them against Gingrich. But not right away - she wants to wait until "the time is right", she says.
My guess is she doesn't want to use it right away, to knock Newt out of the Republican primary and leave Romney as the only leading candidate when the primaries start. Instead, she seems to want to wait until Gingrich gets the Republican nomination (if he does), and THEN use it to try to ensure an Obama victory.
I'm so glad for this "most ethical and transparent administration in history" she promised us, aren't you?
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/197173-pelosi-plans-to-reveal-information-about-gingrich-when-the-time-is-right
Pelosi: I’ll reveal information on Gingrich 'when the time is right'
By Alicia M. Cohn - 12/05/11 11:44 AM ET
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is holding back some information on Republican Newt Gingrich that could detract from his presidential campaign, according to a report published Monday.
“One of these days we’ll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich,” Pelosi told Talking Points Memo. “When the time is right. … I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff."
Gingrich, who served as Speaker of the House, worked with Pelosi in Congress from 1987 to 1999. Pelosi also served on the ethics committee that investigated Gingrich for tax cheating and campaign finance violations in the late ’90s.
Sounds like now Nancy Pelosi, who was apparently on the investigative committee, is planning to dust off those old files and start using them against Gingrich. But not right away - she wants to wait until "the time is right", she says.
My guess is she doesn't want to use it right away, to knock Newt out of the Republican primary and leave Romney as the only leading candidate when the primaries start. Instead, she seems to want to wait until Gingrich gets the Republican nomination (if he does), and THEN use it to try to ensure an Obama victory.
I'm so glad for this "most ethical and transparent administration in history" she promised us, aren't you?
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/197173-pelosi-plans-to-reveal-information-about-gingrich-when-the-time-is-right
Pelosi: I’ll reveal information on Gingrich 'when the time is right'
By Alicia M. Cohn - 12/05/11 11:44 AM ET
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is holding back some information on Republican Newt Gingrich that could detract from his presidential campaign, according to a report published Monday.
“One of these days we’ll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich,” Pelosi told Talking Points Memo. “When the time is right. … I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff."
Gingrich, who served as Speaker of the House, worked with Pelosi in Congress from 1987 to 1999. Pelosi also served on the ethics committee that investigated Gingrich for tax cheating and campaign finance violations in the late ’90s.