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Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) called Newt Gingrich “fundamentally intellectually dishonest” and decried the former House Speaker’s consulting contract with Freddie Mac as “ludicrous” during an interview Wednesday on MSNBC.

“It’s part of a pattern in which the Republicans, who were in charge during the bad times, try to blame us,” Frank said.

The mortgage giant has been a sore subject between the two men since Gingrich suggested during an October GOP debate that Frank should be jailed for his oversight of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

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