Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Is Mrs. Gingrich as dirty as The Newter?
We learned last week about the $500,000 tab at Tiffany's for Newticles while the Mrs. was working for the House Agriculture committee. According to The Newter it was a standard interest free account (not available to normal people). Now we find out that Tiffanys had an interest in the committee's business.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has dodged questions about his half-million dollar Tiffany & Co. tab all week. Now, it has been revealed that the House committee Gingrich's wife Callista worked for was heavily lobbied by the posh jewelry store.Callista seems perfectly suited to be Newticle's wife. The real question is why, with all the shit that is sticking to him, does The Newter continue his pretence of a campaign?
Politico revealed last week that in her 2005 and 2006 filings with the House Ethics Committee, Callista Gingrich disclosed that the former House Speaker had between $250,000 and $500,000 debt with Tiffany & Co. while she was working for the House Agriculture Committee.
"It's a standard no-interest account," Gingrich explained to CBS' Bob Schieffer Sunday. "We paid no interest on it. There was no problem with it. It's a normal way of doing business."
Over those those same years, Tiffany's doubled the amount of money they spent on lobbying, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The company spent $200,000 in 2006 alone.
Lobbying firm Cassidy & Associates, Inc. has reported that "[m]ining law and mine permitting -related issues" was the jewelry retailer's specific lobbying concern.
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