When is gingrich ex wife interview

He knew," she said. Gingrich divorced his first wife, Jackie, as she was being treated for cancer. His relationship with Marianne began while he was still married to Jackie but in divorce proceedings, Marianne said.

While she had been quoted earlier as saying she could end his career, Marianne Gingrich defended Newt's ethics while he served in Congress and came under several ethics investigations. The former Mrs. Gingrich says Newt began to plan a run for President at the time of the divorce and told her that Callista "was going to help him become President.

However, as of this morning there's no mention of the interview anywhere on ABCNews. Ironically, there is an AP report republished on the site , but it's not linked from the front pages. Howard Kurtz at The Daily Beast concurred with the Drudge and AP stories , but adds that Marianne Gingrich does not say anything in the new interview that she hasn't said in the past.

The Gingrich campaign had no immediate reaction to the interview excerpts. But Newt is going to talk to the people of South Carolina about the future We are confident this is the conversation the people of South Carolina are interested in having. Michael A. Frustration, defiance in Welsh village to be abandoned to the sea. Newt Gingrich's campaign on Wednesday released a letter from his daughters to ABC News executives seeking to blunt the perceived damage from an interview the network reportedly plans to air with the former House speaker's ex-wife.

The letter came after news outlets reported that ABC was debating whether to air the interview with Marianne Gingrich, who was married to Gingrich for 18 years. After their divorce, Gingrich married his third wife, Callista, with whom he has acknowledged having an affair while he was married. But the two women said their father was more interested in discussing creating jobs, lowering taxes and defeating President Obama.