Newt Gingrich concedes House GOP 'mishandled' Bill Clinton investigation

SEA ISLAND, Ga. — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich conceded to overzealously targeting President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, saying it was a strategic misstep that backfired on the Republican majority he led in the House of Representatives.

Gingrich offered that assessment during the Washington Examiner’s Sea Island Summit as part of a discussion about the incoming Democratic majority in the House. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is encouraging Democrats to temper their oversight of President Trump, warning that “presidential harassment” of Clinton — an independent counsel investigation that culminated in his impeachment in 1998 — was politically disastrous for the GOP. Gingrich, in self-reflective comments, agreed.

“I think McConnell’s largely right; I think we mishandled the investigation,” Gingrich said. “We should have been calmer and slower.”

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