Georgia court documents discovered by CNN contradict Newt Gingrich's claim that his first wife, not Gingrich himself, sought their divorce in 1980. Carroll County documents from the divorce proceeding show that Newt Gingrich filed a divorce complaint July 14, 1980. Jackie Battley Gingrich, the congressman's wife and the mother of two of his daughters, asked the judge to reject her husband's filing -- even though he'd been committing adultery. "Defendant shows that she has adequate and ample grounds for divorce, but that she does not desire one at this time," her filing states.
