Nikki Haley

GOP Operative On Folks/Haley: 'I Don't Know If The Rumors Are True'

Justin Elliott | May 26, 2010, 6:25PM

The South Carolina Republican operative whose texts to blogger Will Folks referred to an affair between Folks and gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley said this afternoon that he did not know one way or the other if there had actually been a relationship.

"I don't know if the rumors are true," said Wes Donehue on his Web radio show Pub Politics. "I don't want to be in the situation I'm in."

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Topics: 2010 Elections, Nikki Haley, Wes Donehue, Will Folks

Nikki Haley

Purported Haley-gate Text: 'Your The One Who Screwed Her'

Justin Elliott | May 26, 2010, 8:11AM

South Carolina blogger and political consultant Will Folks has released a series of what he claims are text messages between himself, an AP reporter, another GOP political operative, and the campaign manager for gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley -- with whom Folks claims he had an inappropriate physical relationship.

The texts, posted on Folks site, FITSNews, are dated about 10 days ago and consist of discussions about various reporters working on a story that involves Haley and Folks, and how to kill the story. In one May 15 text, Haley campaign manager Tim Pearson tells Folks "I'm telling you man, we keep this under wraps and nh is going to win."

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Topics: 2010 Elections, Gresham Barrett, Nikki Haley, Sex, South Carolina, Tim Pearson, Wes Donehue, Will Folks