The messages, covering a nine-day period earlier this month before Folks went public with his accusation against the Republican hopeful, were posted Wednesday morning on Folks’ website.
“I’m telling you man, we keep this under wraps and nh is going to win,” reads one text message from Haley campaign manager Tim Pearson to Folks on May 15.
Pearson and Folks swap worried messages about different reporters chasing the story, and one exchange suggests there may be a newsworthy photograph of Haley and Folks…
While Pearson and Folks make allusions to the “rumor,” there is nothing in the correspondence proving Folks’ claim that he had an “inappropriate physical relationship” with Haley in 2007…
Pearson said the text messages are authentic but said he was only working with Folks to prevent “false rumors” from coming to light.
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