Newt Gingrich, Chris Christie at the top of Donald Trump's vice presidential short list

Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich.
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Trump-Gingrich 2016?

In addition to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), Donald Trump's campaign is vetting former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, The Washington Post reports. Five sources requesting anonymity told The Post that both men have been asked by the attorney managing Trump's vetting process to answer a questionnaire and hand over everything from tax records to personal files to books and articles they've written.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.