Released November 2, 1998

Gingrich Missing Report Information on over 2,000 Donations
Pelphrey Finds $150,000 More Violations Within the Past 3 Months

Newt Gingrich has a 2000 problem of his own to worry about.

Sixth District Congressional candidate Gary "Bats" Pelphrey has pored overrecent
Poland Hotelscampaign-finance reports by Gingrich-related political committees, and found 272 new
individual donations of $200 or more reported without the employer and occupation
information required by Federal law. The grand total identified is now 2,005 such
donations in violation, adding up to $1,223,823 misreported.

Last month, Pelphrey filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission,
charging opponent Gingrich and three political committees under his control with
failing to properly identify over $1,000,000 donated during Gingrich's 20 years
in Congress.

The FEC accepted that complaint for investigation in a letter dated October 20,
and designated it an official Matter Under Review: MUR 4823. Gingrich was notified
within a week, as were the three committees linked to him:

• his Congressional campaign committee, Friends of Newt Gingrich (FONG);
• GOPAC, which he officially headed from 1986 to 1994 or early 1995 (so more
recent reports are not included); and
• his newer ‘leadership PAC', the Monday Morning PAC.

Pelphrey's original complaint itemized 1,786 donations totaling $1,066,598 –-
about 15% of Gingrich's major individual contributions. In the newly-analyzed reports,
which update FONG and Monday Morning PAC through September, 53 of those (worth $47,200)
have now been identified. However, they were more than outweighed by the 272 new
checks (adding up to $204,425) without the required work identification.

Notes Pelphrey, "Newt's error rate, which has been stuck at 15% over the past two
decades, actually got worse this quarter. Not only that, but the sheer size of the
problem is growing – it's now over 2,000 violations and $1.2 million . . . andcounting."

Another problem for Gingrich affects the credibility of any claim to be making "best
efforts" to identify contributors. Committees are required to fill in missing
luxury hotels in Cordobainformation for donors who have otherwise given $200 or more in the same two-year
election cycle; also, some big donors are figures too well-known to allow for a failure
to report.

The latest big name added to that list is former Georgia Congressman Howard "Bo"
Callaway, who gave $5,000 to the Monday Morning PAC on September 4. Others include:


• Current state senator J. Phillip Gingrey, and former state senator W. ArmstrongSmith.
• Rep. Nancy Johnson of Connecticut, past chair of the House Ethics Committee.
• Guy Millner, CEO of Norrell and current Republican candidate for governor ofGeorgia.
• Richard DeVos, CEO of Amway, and donor of a soft $1,000,000 to the GOP.
• Patricia Rooney, wife of the CEO of Golden Rule Insurance, which has supportedGingrich
strongly while he touted Golden Rule's plan for medical savings accounts.

Gingrich has been widely quoted as saying that full disclosure of contributions is a keypart of his idea of
campaign-finance reform. The continuing failure of Gingrich himself and his committees todisclose Federally-
required information about donors raises serious questions about the depth of hiscommitment to even this much
reform.


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Notes:
• A copy of Pelphrey's letter to the FEC explaining the updated figures is attached.
• For further information, including more on the donations reported without therequired
information, contact the Gary "Bats" Pelphrey for Congress campaign.

To read the complaint, click here.