Nikki Haley — who dogged Hillary Clinton over paid speeches — won’t disclose contents of paid speeches

Financial disclosures filed by the campaign of Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley show the candidate has a long history of giving lucrative speeches to wealthy special interest groups. However, Haley isn't divulging what was said in any of them.

Between 2022 and 2023, NBC News reported that the former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador gave a dozen speeches around the world that paid her anywhere from $100,000 to $1 million per appearance (financial disclosure forms only require a range rather than exact dollar amounts) according to NBC News. In 2019, CNBC reported that Haley charged $200,000 per speech, and demanded the use of a private jet for travel.

Haley reportedly didn't keep transcripts, notes, or recordings of any of those speeches. And when the various groups who paid Haley for her appearances were asked about the contents of her speeches, those groups told the network they "had no records, wouldn’t provide information about her remarks or didn't reply."

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"Whether as governor, ambassador, private citizen or presidential candidate, Nikki has never shied away from telling the American people where she stands on important issues," a campaign spokesperson told NBC News when asked for records of speeches.

During the 2016 campaign, while stumping for Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Haley notably attacked former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not disclosing the contents of paid speeches she gave over a number of years.

"We have two presidential candidates that refuse to disclose information, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump," Haley said at the time, referring to both Clinton's paid speeches and then-candidate Donald Trump's refusal to show his tax returns.

According to NBC News, Haley was compensated for speeches delivered to a wide range of both domestic and foreign special interests over the past two years. Many of her paid speeches were to financial companies like UK-based Barclays and BMO — the US arm of a Canadian bank — and private equity firms. Haley also reportedly spoke to pro-Israel groups and to companies that do business with China, which is a sharp contrast from her chilly rhetoric toward China on the campaign trail.

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