On Jan. 16, 2024, RealRawNews.com published an article positing that a low-level campaign staffer for 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley was arrested by the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Division for attempting to bribe voters. The article began:
White Hats Arrest Campaign Staffer for Nikki Haley in Iowa
United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) agents on Sunday night arrested a member of Nikki Haley’s campaign staff for offering voters $1000 prepaid debit cards in exchange for casting a ballot for her boss, a source at the CID’s headquarters told Real Raw News.
The accusation would be serious if true. It was not.
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There was no evidence from other outlets that the story was real, especially considering that an accusation of that magnitude would quickly become national news. In the Iowa Republican caucuses on Jan. 15, former President Donald Trump won 51% of the vote. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis finished in a distant second with 21.2% of the vote and Haley won 19.1% of the vote.
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