BakshisMouse
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It is a curious case in the annals of the FBI: The bureau considered a sting operation against then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich after sifting through allegations from a notorious arms dealer that a $10 million bribe might get Congress to lift the Iraqi arms embargo.
The FBI ended up calling off the operation in June 1997. It decided there was no evidence that Gingrich knew anything about the conversations the arms dealer was secretly recording with a man who said he was acting on behalf of Gingrich’s then-wife, Marianne, according to people with knowledge of the investigation.
Read the story at washingtonpost.com
What do you guys think? Do you think that Newt could have actually done what Soghanalian accused him of doing?
It wouldn't surprise me if more evidence confirming this came up, but this is such an old story that it probably won't. Schemes like the one alleged here this are probably business as usual in Washington.
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