Gingrich Got $300,000 to Promote Ethanol, Report Says

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April 29, 2011

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by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register) Newt Gingrich, who raised eyebrows this winter with his spirited defense of U.S. ethanol policy, received more than $300,000 in consulting fees from an industry trade group in 2009, according to a report by the investigative journalism organization the Center for Public Integrity.
According to the report, the ethanol group Growth Energy paid the former House speaker $312,500 in 2009. A Growth Energy publication listed Gingrich as a consultant who offered advice on “strategy and communication issues” and who “will speak positively on ethanol related topics to media.”
Gingrich tangled with the Wall Street Journal’s conservative editorial board after a pro-ethanol speech in Des Moines in January and declared at one point, “I am not a lobbyist for ethanol.” READ MORE and MORE (Center for Public Integrity)

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