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ABC to air interview with Newt’s ex-wife

Marianne Gingrich, second wife of Newt, once bragged she could end her husband’s career with a single interview.

Drudge Report is now reporting that ABC News has landed that "blockbuster" interview, but is having a “civil war” over when to air it:

ABCNEWS suits determined it would be "unethical" to run the Marianne Gingrich interview so close to the South Carolina Primary, a curious decision, one insider argued, since the network has aggressively been reporting on other candidates. A decision was tentatively made to air the interview next Monday, after all votes have been counted. Gingrich canceled a press conference on Wednesday to deal with the matter. "He believes that what he says in public and how he lives don't have to be connected," Marianne Gingrich, Newt's wife of 18 years, explained to ESQUIRE last year. Developing...

A knowledgeable source at ABC News downplayed this angle, telling POLITICO that the interview would in all likelihood air tomorrow.

Marianne, who was the victim of her ex-husband's infidelities for six years, has spoken to the press just once so far this campaign cycle, in a long piece for Esquire magazine.

UPDATE: An ABC News executive also tells the AP that the network intends to run the interview on Thursday night, during Nightline. CNN's GOP debate airs live from 8 to 10 p.m. on Thursday; Nightline begins at 11:35 p.m.

UPDATE 2: An ABC News spokesperson has confirmed that the interview will air on Thursday night's edition of Nightline.

Also: Fox News' Greta Van Susteren has a letter from Gingrich's daughters to ABC.