Washington, Jan 21: Nikki Haley, the Indian American Republican who is eyeing a bid for the White House in 2024, has been accused of plotting to become former President Donald Trump’s vice-president.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who made this accusation in his memoir, goes on to claim in the book that Haley’s co-conspirators were former President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, who both held senior position in the White House at the time. Haley dismissed the charge as a stunt to sell the memoir.Pompeo does not specify if Haley was supposed to replace Mike Pence as vice-president in this plot or join Trump as running mate in his 2020 re-election bid.
The book is slated for release on January 24. This so-called plot was reported by The Guardian, which had early access to the book.
Pompeo sounds uncertain of his claims here. And Haley hit it out the park predictably, calling the charge “lies and gossip to sell a book”. (PTI)
