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Newt Gingrich's campaign admitted Wednesday that the former Speaker had not provided ABC News "witnesses" that would undermine his former wife Marianne's claims that he had requested an open relationship, despite Gingrich having claimed to have done so in his widely praised debate performance last Thursday.

"Tonight, after persistent questioning by our staff, the Gingrich campaign concedes now Speaker Gingrich was wrong â€" both in his debate answer, and in our interview yesterday," CNN host John King said on his program Wednesday night. "Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond says the only people the Gingrich campaign offered to ABC were his two daughters from his first marriage."

Gingrich earned wide praise - and a standing ovation - for attacking ABC during the debate for questions about his personal life. King served as the moderator of that debate, and also found himself in Gingrich's crosshairs.

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