Paying The Price Talk about ethics charges! Breaking the rules will cost Newt Gingrich $300,000. By Richard Lacayo/TIME
Newt's Day Of Deliverance But an intercepted cellular call gives him and the Democrats more ethical problems. By George J. Church/TIME
Newt's Influence Slips Away Gingrich worked the phone hard to save his job, but no matter what the outcome of the vote for Speaker, his influence is already greatly diminished. By Richard Lacayo/TIME
Ethics Committee Hearing Transcript, Jan. 17, 1997
Download or read special counsel James Cole's full report.
The House Ethics Committee Report
Newt Gingrich's Dec. 21, 1996 Statement
Newt Gingrich's Sixth District Home Page
The Official Friends of Newt Gingrich
Gingrich's Ethics
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With his decision to finance his $300,000 penalty using a loan from GOP ally Bob Dole, Gingrich seemed to have salvaged his political future, at least in the short term. However, the speaker may face continuing ethical battles, as his House adversaries prepare to push a remaining charge that he took improper gifts and contributions from GOPAC.
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