Retired FBI Employee Who Helped Crew in “J. Edgar” Reflects on Movie and Power …

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Retired FBI Employee Who Helped Crew in “J. Edgar” Reflects on Movie and Power ... FBI Considered a Sting Aimed at Newt Gingrich in 1997 By James V. GrimaldiWashington Post

WASHINGTON –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.

But details of the case, which became public this week in an article and documents posted online by a nonprofit journalist, show how a series of second- and third-hand conversations alleging that the top man in Congress might be for sale caught the attention of federal investigators.

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Posted: 12/16/11 at 12:31 PM under News Story.
Tags: embargo, FBI, iraqi arms, newt gingrich, speaker, Sting
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