Romney Spotlights Gingrich in Bid to Deflect Tax Attacks

LOL - Gingrich is going to pulverize Romney.

Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Mitt Romney called on Newt Gingrich to release details of a congressional ethics report on him, seeking to deflect pressure to disclose his own tax returns amid what he termed a "neck and neck" Republican presidential race in South Carolina. You know it's going to get out before the general election," said Romney. "He ought to get it out now."

The report by the House Ethics Committee that probed whether Gingrich used foundations financed with tax-deductible contributions for political purposes is available on the panel's website. Romney pushed for release of documents related to the investigation.

Gingrich scoffed at the demand, referring to what he said is a 900-page cache of information publicly available on the matter and Romney's refusal to immediately release his tax returns.

"Give me a break," Gingrich told reporters after a town hall with an overflow crowd of more than 500 voters at the Cinema Room in Orangeburg, South Carolina. "I refuse to take seriously any request from the Romney campaign to disclose anything, because they're clearly not going to disclose anything at any level that involves him," he said.

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