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TAMPA, Fla. — Under pressure, Newt Gingrich arranged the release of a contract Monday night showing that the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. paid his consulting firm a $25,000 monthly retainer fee in 2006, for a total of $300,000.
The agreement calls for “consulting and related services” but makes no mention of lobbying. Gingrich has likened his work for the federally backed mortgage giant known as Freddie Mac to that of a historian. Rival Mitt Romney says he was lobbying.
The disclosure came about two hours before a campaign debate in Tampa, and the timing suggested Gingrich was hoping to blunt any attack Romney might make at the event.
Denver Post wire services
