© AP / Evan VucciPresident Trump speaks during a meeting with outgoing US Ambassador Nikki Haley, Tuesday October 9, 2018
Nikki Haley's political capital and foreign policy credentials skyrocketed during her time as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, but one aspect of the former South Carolina governor's life didn't get the same boost: her personal finances.
Federal ethics reports show Haley had debt from $525,000 to about $1.1 million in 2017.
She owed $25,000 to $65,000 on two credit cards since 2016. She listed a mortgage and a line of credit each for $250,000 to $500,000. She listed ranges of debt and income on the disclosure records.
She claimed to have $1,000 to $15,000 in the bank and earned roughly $10,000 last year with a month's salary as governor before she was confirmed as ambassador. She also listed that she made no money last year from her 2012 memoir "Can't is Not an Option."
Her earnings did not include her salary at the U.N., which is about $180,000 a year.
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