In it, the three seemed perturbed by the proposal to place the sculpture near the Washington Monument for three months. “Have you heard about this?” Callista Gingrich, now the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, wrote to her husband. Newt Gingrich asked Christensen in an email later that day whether it was real. Gingrich pinged Zinke a few hours later, passing along the email chain without comment. The subject: “Are you aware of this newt.”The emails were released this week as part of a public information request.

Source: Huffington Post April 18, 2018 20:37 UTC