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Abramoff On Gingrich’s Freddie Payments: Come On, Historians Don’t Make That Much

Notorious lobbyist Jack Abramofflike the D.C. lobbying reform world — is calling B.S. on Newt Gingrich’s claim that he was paid handsomely as a “historian” for Freddie Mac.

“I know he says they paid him as a historian to give a historic lesson, but I’m unaware of any history professor being paid that much money to give someone a history lesson,” Abramoff told NBC’s David Gregory....

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