Niki Haley Scandal?

A conservative blogger claiming he had an “inappropriate relationship” with Nikki Haley has thrown a spanner into her campaign for the Republican nomination for governor of South Carolina.

Haley, 38, a Tea Party favorite who has been endorsed by Sarah Palin, has denounced the allegation as a politically motivated smear: “I have been 100 percent faithful to my husband throughout our 13 years of marriage. This claim against me is categorically and totally false. It is quite simply South Carolina politics at its worst.”

Since then Folks has released several email exchanges with Haley’s campaign manager Tim Pearson documenting their attempts to suppress the story. He also released nearly 1,000 pages of phone call records that document nearly 700 telephone calls with Haley, including several long late night calls. FITSNews reported, “What’s raising eyebrows across the state isn’t necessarily the number of phone calls (although more than 700 calls seems like an awfully high number given Haley’s recent claim that she “barely knew” Folks), it is the time — and the length — of dozens of late night calls.”

Folks has provided no direct evidence of the affair, although he claims more proof will be forthcoming