S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's Ethics Hearing To Begin Thursday
The S.C. House Ethics Committee will determine if Haley illegally lobbied for her employers while she was a lawmaker.
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's ethics hearing will begin on Thursday to determine if the first female to head the state illegally lobbied for her employers while she was a lawmaker.
The governor has been accused of lobbying illegally for Lexington Medical Center and Wilbur Smith Associates 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.
Haley, who has vigorously denied any illegality or ethics violations, was not subpoenaed. The first-term governor was interviewed by attorneys for the committee, but Haley hasn't disclosed what was discussed.
The hearing is expected to last two days.
The ethics committee had previously closed the case, but reopened it after it received additional information about Haley's work for the two organizations.
Wanda
12:10 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
Let it go!!! Stop looking!!! "They"re so sad...
Anne
2:25 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
I agree with Wanda. Stop torturing our Governor!
JoSCh
10:41 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Water boarding - not torture.
Continued investigation of incidents that are certainly REALLY CLOSE to being ethic violations - torture.
Got it.
stanley seigler
2:41 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
re: Let it go!!!
indeed...more important issues...eg, jobs, quality education...one doesnt have to agree w/ gov...but help her get it right...dont hinder her...
Mimi
1:59 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
It is certainly about time the State of South Carolina start addressing the most corrupt state on the planet and hold our elected officials accountable for their illegal behavoir. I guess all you Nimrata supports would say the same thing about the witch Hunt on Eric Holder. If this woman was involved in illegal activity she should be held accountable and treated accordingly, if not then she should make sure that it is toughly investigated and that the state is satified she has nothing to hide. I find it amazing that she destroyed all of her computer emails and refuse to answer questions. As far as torturning this Governor is tortouring our state.
Dennis Wenger
5:40 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Exaggerate much? Ever heard of Chicago, Ill? Drank the Kool Aid, didn't you? I don't think Haley can remotely be compared to an obstructionist who is attempting to cover up the Murder of 2 individuals who were sworn to protect the Country as well as 600 Mexican citizens, at the behest of a President seeking to nullify our Civil Right.
stanley seigler
9:24 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
@Dennis Wenger: "...Ever heard of..."
...the truth...its beats rush's bs 8 days a week...and surely you dont believe his bs...of course if you have evidence you should send it to issa cause he has NO evidence:
'Issa: No evidence White House covered up 'Fast and Furious' fallout'
further:
'A Fortune investigation reveals that the ATF never intentionally allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. How the world came to believe just the opposite is a tale of rivalry, murder, and political bloodlust...five law-enforcement agents directly involved tell Fortune that the ATF had no such tactic. They insist they never purposefully allowed guns to be illegally trafficked. Just the opposite: They say they seized weapons whenever they could but were hamstrung by prosecutors and weak laws, which stymied them at every turn.'
oh/and the gun that killed the agent was sold in 2007 as part of bush's Operation Wide Receiver...
Dennis Wenger
5:37 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
I have no idea what Rush has said, haven't heard him in years, but ^Crap talker^ is Quoting Fortune magazine? Really? & Looky everybody, someone ELSE is blaming Bush !! How original. I suppose thats why even DemoRats backed Holders contempt vote?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-anti-gunrunning-effort-turns-fatally-wrong/2011/07/14/gIQAH5d6YI_story_1.html "Within hours, the news spread inside ATF: The serial numbers on the two rifles matched guns bought by one of the Fast and Furious suspects a year before outside Phoenix. The bullet that killed Terry was so damaged that neither of the firearms could be definitively linked to his killing, according to a law enforcement official in the case."
Congressman Ted Poe - Tx : http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews/VideoModule/7139
Congressman Trey Gowdy - SC:
http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews/VideoModule/7085
JoSCh
10:29 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Whats happening Pot? Have you met my friend Kettle?
stanley seigler
12:16 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
@Dennis Wenger: "...crap talker, demorats..."
too cute by 1/2 adhoms contribute nothing...
'really' i saw little difference in fortune article and the washington post article dennisW references (and i can accept the post article as fact)...and saw nothing in either that remotely sustains dennis' limbolike concludions...eg:
"an obstructionist who is attempting to cover up the Murder of 2 individuals who were sworn to protect the Country as well as 600 Mexican citizens, at the behest of a President seeking to nullify our Civil Right."
pot/kettle stuff
i have no idea what gun killed the AFT agent (should not have brought it up). it could have been those found at the scene or one sold in 2007 not left at the scene (does it matter)...
re policies: 2 agents and 600 mexicans killed...pales by comparison to those killed in iraq, a war we were lied into...
no comment on dennis' NRA site references...weel/ok have to say: if not for NRA bs there would have been 'no operation wide receiver' no 'fast and furious'...ie,
ak47 type guns (guess needed to hunt rabbits, deer maybe) would have been illegal decades (at least, since RR assassination attempt) ago...no columbine, no vatech, etc, etc...
Dennis Wenger
6:13 am on Monday, July 2, 2012
Oh I get it... a gun grabbing apologist for Leftist causes who knows nothing of any Bill of Rights or why certain provisions were put into it.
FYI, the NRA site included interviews with involved Congressmen, one of which I am certain came off of a CSPAN feed.
The differences between the 2007 program, authorized by (Progressive) Bush and the 2010 program, authorized by (Socialist) Obama, was that one was shut down when it was discovered to be ineffective and the RFID chips were being removed, and the other was not shut down until sworn Federal Law Enforcement Officers were killed, despite the weapons showing up at crime scenes with bodies strewn around on both sides of the border, and its intent was to increase the negative publicity and justify increased restrictions on American Freedoms by artificially increasing the number of US originated firearms in Mexico. Then a do nothing appointed Attorney General obstructed and refused to comply with legal demands from anl Investigating body.
What do Columbine and VA Tech, along with nearly all mass shootings have in common? 2 things: 1. They were done in supposed "Gun Free" (or Kill) Zones, and 2. People who would allow an unrestrained Government to totally eliminate freedoms (which include the Freedom of Speech) like to cite them as illustrations of how the Government should be making the irresponsible secure. "People who would give up their freedoms for security deserve neither"... Ben Franklin (among others).
JoSCh
9:48 am on Monday, July 2, 2012
Are you advocating for concealed carry in public schools? On an article about Nikki Haley's ethics investigation? Hysterical hyperbole rules the GOP.
Dennis Wenger
3:00 am on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
1. Not advocating. Common Sense demands it. 2. Mimi twisted the direction of the comments. 3. Hysterical Hyperbole by the Knee-jerked Leftists is the reason firearm training is no longer taught in most public schools and even drawings of firearms are cause for suspension, leaving schools a free kill zone and soft target for terrorists. 4. I am not the GOP, as much as you would like to insist. I am a free thinking Independent who wouldn't drink the Obama "savior's" bathwater as some here obviously have.
JoSCh
7:48 am on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
That isn't common sense (which isn't a proper noun, fyi) that is hysteria reaching a new level. Adding guns doesn't reduce gun crimes. I will agree that outlawing guns for law abiding citizens leads at least initially to an increase in gun crimes. <- that is called being reasonable and working with the facts. Try it sometime!
2. No, she really didn't. She compared one investigation of a public figure to another to show how hypocritical the modern GOP is. FWIW, I don't disagree with the investigation of F&F, I don't think that it was coordinated by the president or the AG, but the investigation is just. <- again, reasonable, facts.
3. Claiming that schools are a "free kill zone" and a "soft target for terrorists" is hysterical hyperbole. I'm not exactly sure when firearms training was public school curriculum, but it's really NOT something that MOST kids will need or use. Also, I'm quite certaint that giving kids firearms training or allowing kids to draw guns will make schools any safer. Them scary terrorists (they're brown you know) aren't dissueded by drawings of guns.
4. If you're not GOP then it's because the GOP is far too progressive for you. In which case you're whats commonly called a psychopath Tim McVeigh. Enjoy your bunker, and please don't kill Americans to prove your point.