Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) claimed on Monday that congressional sexual harassment and misconduct records prior to 2004 were destroyed.
Mace, who is running for governor of South Carolina, posted a photo on X of two binders that she claimed were the “results of my subpoena of Congress’s sexual harassment slush fund.”
“Nine members. One thousand pages. All records prior to 2004 were destroyed – which tells you everything you need to know about how long this has been buried,” Mace wrote.
The South Carolina Republican pledged to release the “full 1,000 pages – once we confirm that personally identifiable information of victims and witnesses has been properly redacted.”
“Accountability is not a threat,” Mace wrote. “It is a promise.”
In a follow-up post on X, Mace named the nine former members of Congress included in the documents and the amounts that were reportedly paid out to settle each of the claims.
“You, the American people, paid for this. Taxpayer dollars were used to silence victims of sexual harassment by Members of Congress,” Mace wrote. We said we would get you names. Here they are, along with the amounts.”
Mace’s posts come as three lawmakers resigned from the House last month under a cloud of scandal. then-Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales resigned after sexual misconduct allegations were brought forward. Meanwhile, then-Democratic Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick quit over alleged campaign finance misconduct.
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Mace was also involved in an all-out social media battle with Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) in recent weeks. Mace has called for Mills’s expulsion over allegations of domestic violence and stolen valor, which Mills has denied.
The House Ethics Committee revealed in a public statement last month that, since 2017, it has conducted 20 investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct from House members. The panel also released a list of all public matters it has investigated involving members’ alleged sexual misconduct, with 15 instances since 2017.
