Wednesday, March 20, 2013
S.C. Supreme Court will decide whether or not a case brought by John Rainey against Gov. Nikki Haley will go to civil court.
The ethics charges against Gov. Nikki Haley were heard by the state's Supreme Court Wednesday as the court decides whether or not to allow the lawsuit to continue to civil court. The lawsuit by GOP activist John Rainey claims the governor failed to disclose conflicts of "interest and lobbied on behalf of her employer while was a state representative from Lexington County could be heard in state court," The State reported. The House ethics committee has cleared Haley of the charges in 2012. Click here to read more on The State. Haley's spokesman Rob Godfrey released this statement Wednesday: “John Rainey is unserious and unstable, and he should go back to his plantation and stop wasting the time of the taxpayers. Mr. Rainey’s political …
Thursday, July 5, 2012
An ethics committee cleared Haley of all charges of ethics violations Friday, but will the digging into Haley's past stop?
The House Ethics Committee dismissed all allegations Friday that Gov. Nikki Haley lobbied for her employers while she was a state representative. But is the push to discover ethics violations in the governor's past over? A string of court hearings and ethics hearings started after GOP activist John Rainey filed a lawsuit against Haley last November. The case first went before a judge, but the judge determined that his court was not the proper venue to decide a case involving ethics violations. The case moved on to the House Ethics Committee, which closed the case once, but re-opened it after it received additional information about Haley's work for the two organizations. After hearing 12 hours of testimony Thursday, the ethics committee…
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Gov. Nikki Haley told the House Ethics Committee Thursday that GOP activist John Rainey was a "racist, sexist bigot."
After 10 hours of testimony Thursday before the House Ethics Committee, Gov. Nikki Haley took the stand and lashed out against a fellow Republican who has accused her of ethics violations, calling him a "racist, sexist bigot." Haley denied that she ever blurred the line between her legislative duties and her work as a fundraiser for Lexington Medical Center Foundation or as a consultant for Wilbur Smith and Associates. During the opening statements, a House lawyer laid out the allegations against Haley, which stemmed from a lawsuit filed by GOP activist John Rainey. Rainey alleged that Haley used her position as a state representative to illegally lobby for two of her employers: the medical center foundation and Wilbur Smith and Associates…
The committee is looking into allegations that Gov. Nikki Haley illegally lobbied for her employers while she was a representative in the House.
The House Ethics Committee heard testimony from one witness Thursday morning in regards to allegations the Gov. Nikki Haley violated ethics laws during her time as a representative in the House. The committee - made up of five Republicans and one Democrat - heard from Robert Ferrell, a Vice President of CDM Smith, formerly known as Wilbur Smith. Ferrell told the House lawyer that Haley did consulting work for the company but never lobbied for the company. Haley has been accused of lobbying illegally for Wilbur Smith Associates and Lexington Medical Center while she served in the House. Haley earned $110,000 annually as a fundraiser for the hospital, and earned $42,500 for her work as a consultant for Wilbur Smith. During the opening …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
The S.C. House Ethics Committee met Thursday and issued subpoenas for 11 people and multiple documents.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was not among the 11 people and multiple documents receiving subpoenas following a S.C. House Ethics Committee meeting Thursday. The Ethics Committee hearing in the case, which alleges ethics violations by Haley during her sevice as a state representative, begins June 28. The investigation centers on whether Haley lobbied illegally while she was a member of the House. The Committee issued subpoenas for Michael J. Biediger, President and CEO Lexington Medical Center; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina; William “Billy” D. Boan of McGuire Woods Consulting, LLC; James D’ Alessio, Vice President of Governmental Affairs for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina; Tony Denny of Denny Public Affairs…
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9:23 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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