D.C. panel recommends deeper inquiry on Mace, payments

MORNING HEADLINES | A nonpartisan congressional panel is recommending that the House Ethics Committee investigate U.S.Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., over allegations that she may have engaged in “improper reimbursement practices” and violated House rules.

Mace, however, blasted the findings in a statement: “This just goes to show how broken the system is when a predator can viciously go after his victims in this way and is permitted to do so regardless of the facts.”

According to findings in a report by the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC), Mace allegedly received an estimated $9,485 more than documented housing costs from January 2023 to May 2024. The OCC recommended that subpoenas be issued for Mace, a gubernatorial candidate, and three former staffers.

Mace’s attorney reportedly said the OCC referral to the ethics committee was “fundamentally flawed” and included “unverified assertions and materials.”

The ethics committee said in a statement: “The committee notes that the mere fact of conducting further review of a referral, and any mandatory disclosure of such further review, does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred, or reflect any judgment on behalf of the committee,” according to a published report.

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