Levin says that the ethics complaints filed against Newt in the late 90s were filed by a real pinko, hard left nut-job named David Bonior, and he did it because the Democrats were trying to get Newt removed from office because he had removed the Democrats from power. Levin added that Newt paid the $300k fine, not because he was guilty of anything, but because he was advised to pay it because he was going broke, and rightly so.
But this is the line of attack Christie (and Romney) has chosen against Newt, and The Great One is having none of it:
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