Nikki Haley Bars The Daily Mail From Campaign Coverage After Reports of Haley Having Two Alleged Affairs

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In a Daily Mail exclusive, former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is alleged to have had an affair with not one but two men before she became South Carolina's governor in 2010. RedState covered the allegations in 2010 here and here. Haley denied the allegations and went on to win two terms as governor. According to the Daily Mail report, new witnesses purport that Haley's denial of the 2007-2008 affairs was false. 

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Presidential candidate Nikki Haley falsely denied cheating on her husband when she was accused of engaging in two extramarital affairs during her gubernatorial campaign, multiple sources who worked with her claim.

New witnesses have come forward telling DailyMail.com that Haley's denials of two alleged 2008 affairs are false, and that the supposed trysts were brazen and widely known among South Carolina politicos.

Will Folks, 49, and Larry Marchant, 61, both signed affidavits in 2010 alleging they had a sexual relationship with the then-South Carolina lawmaker, before she went on to become governor.

While the contents of the affidavits were described by major news outlets at the time, this is the first time they have been published outside of Folks' own document which he published on his blog. 

Haley, 51, denied both at the time, saying she was '100% faithful' to the father of her two children and husband of 28 years, Michael Haley – who was deployed in Afghanistan with the National Guard in 2012.

Haley now frequently cites him as a reason for her presidential candidacy.

The Mail alleges that sources came forward after Haley began giving glowing references to her husband in her campaign, as she did in her speech on Monday after placing third in the Iowa Caucuses.

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The news comes as Haley's campaign gears up for the January 23 New Hampshire primary, a fight to regain second place in the race for Republican presidential nominee after Ron DeSantis secured a two-point margin over her with 21% of the vote in the Iowa caucuses on Monday.

Sources spoke to DailyMail.com about Haley's alleged affairs after noticing her rosy references to her relationship with her husband, a major in the National Guard who is currently deployed in Africa, on her presidential campaign trail.

'I'm doing this for my husband and his military brothers and sisters. They need to know their sacrifice matters,' she said in a speech reported by CBS News in December.

Her most recent campaign ad opens with photographs of Michael's 2013 homecoming from his first deployment to Afghanistan.

The Mail reports that Haley or her campaign did not respond to requests for comment. However, the Mail was turned away from a Friday morning Haley meet-and-greet in New Hampshire and were told they were barred from any future coverage of the candidate.

On Friday morning, a DailyMail.com reporter and photographer were asked to leave Haley's event at Mary Ann's Diner in Amherst, N.H., a public restaurant where the former South Carolina governor was talking to voters.

'Daily Mail is not credentialed for any more events. I'm politely asking you to leave,' Haley spokeswoman Chaney Denton said and pointed to the door.

Asked if this was in effect for the rest of the campaign, Denton answered 'yes.'

Denton later told an editor at DailyMail.com that the publication was banned for 'printing lies.'

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Haley had a full day of meet-and-greets on Friday with New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu.


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