While the term ‘lobbyist’ is never used, the document lists Craig Thomas,
Freddie Mac’s Director of Public Policy, as as the company’s “project
executive” who hired Mr Gingrich.
Mr Thomas was a registered lobbyist at the time the contract was signed and
his role included seeking to influence policy makers in directions
favourable to the company.
While Mr Gingrich himself may not have been directly engaged in lobbying, the
contract appears to show that he was employed by Freddie Mac’s lobbying arm.
Mr Gingrich is likely to face pressure to disclose contracts for the other
years that he was engaged in business with Freddie Mac and Mitt Romney’s
campaign is already demanding that he release his “work product”, giving
details of his actual assignments.
He has said previously that firms he ran were paid around $1.6 million by the
mortgage company over several years but that he personally received only
around $35,000.
Mr Gingrich had previously drawn mockery for saying he was paid for his work as
“a
historian”.
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