Newt Gingrich told Fox News Radio that he wanted to take on a “chief planner” role in the new Trump administration.

Said Gingrich: “I want to be able to work strategically.”

Instead of day-to-day tasks, Gingrich said, he wants to focus broadly on how to “get an American government into the 21st century” and “make it responsive to the American people.”

Newt Gingrich defended Donald Trump’s unwillingness to say he’d accept defeat in the presidential election, CNN reports.

Said Gingrich: “I’d be a little bit cautious about automatically accepting that Hillary Clinton will be legitimately anything. We are in the worst cycle of corruption in American history, and in many ways, we resemble Venezuela and Argentina more than we resemble traditional America.”

Newt Gingrich stood by Donald Trump’s claim that the election is being “rigged,” blaming what he calls “the unending one-sided assault of the news media” on the GOP candidate, ABC News reports.

Said Gingrich: “Without the unending one-sided assault of the news media, Trump would be beating Hillary Clinton by 15 points.”

Newt Gingrich said Donald Trump was “a gentleman” for holding back a verbal onslaught on Bill Clinton’s extramarital affairs during the first debate, Politico reports.

Said Gingrich: “I’m very proud that at the very end when she attacked and went off on this whole rant about women — and you could see his face — in the Republican primary, he would have just smashed her.”

Newt Gingrich is already discrediting Hillary Clinton’s promised released of additional medical documents, Politico reports.

Said Gingrich: “I don’t think us getting a doctor’s report is going to count because the doctors have not been forthcoming and haven’t been open to the press asking questions.”

Newt Gingrich told the AP that he expects to hear from Donald Trump about his vice presidential decision as early as 1 p.m. ET this afternoon.

Daily Beast: “The biggest chunk of the debt, nearly $1 million, is owed for Gingrich’s use of private jets to fly from event to event through charter travel company Moby Dick Airways. The campaign also owes more than $400,000 for Gingrich’s personal security to the Patriot Group, and $128,000 to the Winston Group… Several other well-known names are also among Gingrich’s creditors, including former Rep. J.C. Watts and Herman Cain for ‘strategic consulting’ and travel, as well as Kellyanne Conway’s The Polling Company, which conducted polls for the Gingrich campaign and is owed more than $20,000.”