Politics & Government
Supreme Court Mulls Haley Ethics Charges Lawsuit
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 on 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.
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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 witch hunt, led by his attorney Democrat chairman Dick Harpotlian, has been rejected by every court and every investigative body that has looked at. It will be rejected again, because there is simply no substance to it."
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