Gingrich Admits to Having Affair While He Pushed to Impeach Clinton over Lewinsky

—By Josh Harkinson

| Fri Mar. 9, 2007 10:59 AM PST

He admitted this in an interview with Focus on the Family that will air today. No big deal though, because Gingrich has repented. "I've gotten on my knees and sought God's forgiveness," he says. Now that that's been taken care of, it's on to selling his new book: "Rediscovering God in America."

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