--- title: Fox News Suspends Newt Gingrich Over Donald Trump VP Talks description: Fox News dropped Newt Gingrich as a political contributor over speculations that Donald Trump is possibly considering him for vice president canonical: https://time.com/4403666/fox-news-newt-gingrich-donald-trump/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-12T21:08:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:49.643Z article:section: Politics og:title: Fox News Suspends Newt Gingrich's Contract Over Donald Trump VP Talks og:description: "To avoid all conflicts of interest that may arise" og:url: https://time.com/4403666/fox-news-newt-gingrich-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06142a66189f1d1f/69889ba9cf40a85d74c43f86/newt-gingrich-fox-news-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Campaigns in Cincinnati og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fox News Suspends Newt Gingrich's Contract Over Donald Trump VP Talks twitter:description: "To avoid all conflicts of interest that may arise" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06142a66189f1d1f/69889ba9cf40a85d74c43f86/newt-gingrich-fox-news-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fox News Suspends Newt Gingrich's Contract Over Donald Trump VP Talks > Sponsored content. 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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R) introduces Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally at the Sharonville Convention Center on July 6, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio. John Sommers II—Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jul 12, 2016 9:08 PM UTC Fox News on Tuesday [suspended Newt Gingrich as a political contributor](http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/12/media/newt-gingrich-fox-news-trump/) over speculations that Donald Trump is [considering](http://time.com/4328193/donald-trump-newt-gingrich-vice-president/) the former House Speaker as a possible pick for vice president. The news channel said in a statement it is has “mutually agreed to suspend its contributor agreement” with Gingrich “effective immediately,” CNN Money reports. “Due to the intense media speculation about Gingrich’s potential selection as Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate, we felt it best to halt his contributor role on the network to avoid all conflicts of interest that may arise,” executive vice president for news Jay Wallace said in the statement. In his role, Gingrich had contributed to the network’s election and political coverage and offered analysis on domestic and international news events, [according to his biography on Fox News’ website](http://www.foxnews.com/person/g/newt-gingrich.html). Gingrich, who had joined the network in 1999 after leaving Congress, was previously suspended as a contributor in 2011 when he ran during the 2012 presidential election. He rejoined Fox News in 2015. Trump, the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party, has praised Gingrich as “smart” and “tough.” He has said that even if he does not choose him as his running mate, Gingrich will [have a place in his administration.](http://time.com/4396010/donald-trump-newt-gingrich-vice-president-ohio/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4403666/fox-news-newt-gingrich-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4403666/fox-news-newt-gingrich-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Fox News Suspends Newt Gingrich's Contract Over Donald Trump VP Talks","datePublished":"2016-07-12T21:08:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:49.643Z","description":"\"To avoid all conflicts of interest that may arise\"","url":"https://time.com/4403666/fox-news-newt-gingrich-donald-trump/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06142a66189f1d1f/69889ba9cf40a85d74c43f86/newt-gingrich-fox-news-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06142a66189f1d1f/69889ba9cf40a85d74c43f86/newt-gingrich-fox-news-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Campaigns in Cincinnati","caption":"Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R) introduces Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally at the Sharonville Convention Center on July 6, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio.","creditText":"John Sommers II—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4403666/fox-news-newt-gingrich-donald-trump/","name":"Fox News Suspends Newt Gingrich's Contract Over Donald Trump VP Talks"}}]}] ```