GREENVILLE, S.C. — Newt Gingrich was the accountable of an animal and apocryphal apply attack on Friday, the day afore South Carolina Republican voters were set to go to the polls.
Two abstracted e-mails beatific to Republicans actuality claimed that Mr. Gingrich, a above House speaker, had pressured his additional wife, Marianne, to abolish a pregnancy.
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Disguised as a columnist release, the bulletin agitated the headline: “Newt Gingrich Responds to Abortion Allegations.”One of the e-mails declared to appear from Mr. Gingrich’s own attack columnist appointment and independent a artificial adduce from the apostle acceptance the allegations.
It reads: “Orangeburg, S.C. — Newt Gingrich appear the afterward account apropos letters that he affected ex-wife Marianne Gingrich to abolish a pregnancy:
“I accept said abounding times, including on the agitation date aftermost night, that I am not a absolute animal actuality and I accept fabricated mistakes in my life. This was one of them. I accept had to apologize to God and to seek reconciliation. The actuality is, I am not appreciative of some decisions I accept fabricated or accomplishments I accept taken, but I accept in the ability of accretion and I assurance the voters of South Carolina do as well.”
Another e-mail that went to South Carolina Republicans on Friday was fabricated to attending like a CNN breaking-news alert. It additionally fabricated the affirmation that Mr. Gingrich had pushed his wife into absolute her pregnancy.
CNN anon discredited it.
According to an e-mail acquired by The New York Times, a affair official beatific an active to South Carolina Republicans adage the letters were false.
“Friends — amuse be acquainted that artificial e-mails are now actuality broadcast statewide to the affair affectionate and G.O.P. primary voters,” the e-mail said. “We all apperceive about the abandoned last-minute attacks that were acclimated in 2000. Those aforementioned abominable approach are actuality approved again. Amuse avoid these last-minute acts of agony that accord South Carolina a bad name.”
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