WASHINGTON — South Carolina's lieutenant governor says a member of Donald Trump's transition team has asked if he's interested in being attorney general.
Henry McMaster also said he's been told that South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is being considered for secretary of state.
She met with President-elect Trump in his office at Trump Tower.
"Gov. Haley was pleased to meet with President-elect Trump." said Haley's deputy chief of staff Rob Godfrey. "They had a good discussion, and she is very encouraged about the coming administration and the new direction it will bring to Washington."
McMaster told The Associated Press he was contacted Wednesday. The former U.S. attorney and two-term state attorney general declined to specify who on the team called him.
In January, McMaster became the first statewide officeholder to back Trump. His endorsement split with Haley, who endorsed and campaigned with Marco Rubio for South Carolina's first-in-the-South presidential primary.
When Rubio dropped out, Haley backed Ted Cruz.
Haley criticized Trump throughout the contest.
Trump won South Carolina's primary by 10 percentage points.
McMaster says that primary victory gave Trump a "stamp of approval" and was pivotal in getting him elected.
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