Newt Gingrich appears on Fox News.Fox News Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich lambasted Attorney General Merrick Garland and the committee investigating January 6. Gingrich said the select committee is "basically a lynch mob" that could go to jail if the GOP regains power. Gingrich, a Republican, served as speaker from 1995 to 1999 and unsuccessfully ran for president in 2012. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday that Attorney General Merrick Garland and members of the US House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol could face jail time if Republicans gained power.Gingrich, a Republican and Fox News contributor, made the comments during an appearance on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.""You have both with the Attorney General Garland and with this Select Committee of January 6th, people who have run amok," said Gingrich, who served as speaker from 1995 to 1999 and unsuccessfully ran for president in 2012."They are breaking the rules.