[h=2]Nikki Haley was facing a formal complaint over ethics after series of private jet flights funded by businessmen from her native South Carolina[/h]
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed the complaint Monday
- It referenced seven flights on luxury aircraft that the UN ambassador disclosed on her 2017 form
- All were provided by South Carolina businessmen, for flights taken by Haley and her husband
- Haley said they were due to existing friendships, but ethics rules prohibit gifts due to an official position
- Haley stunned Washington she she revealed Tuesday she will resign her post
- A series of Trump officials have fended off flight scandals, and former Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price resigned after flights were revealed
- Haley said there were 'no personal reasons' for her departure but that public officials should be term-limited
