Hi clo,
I think Newt holds about the same status as Tony Blair in the UK. Long since dismissed as a glib and unreliable joke of a human being, but apparently unaware that he is one.
Any time he says anything, I - and I am sure most folks - take comfort in our political positions. That is, unless by some astonishing fluke, he agrees with us.
If he says the FBI are like the Nazis, then I know they must be doing their job right. Not because they are behaving like Nazis but because Newt is always wrong about everything which involves either his senses or the one we are meant to have in common.