Nancy Mace lashes out as $1.9 million Capitol Hill home scandal implodes
Congresswoman Nancy Mace is under investigation for allegedly overcharging a taxpayer-funded program meant to provide out-of-town lawmakers for housing, meals, and travel expenses.
The House Ethics Committee is looking into whether Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, 'engaged in improper reimbursement practices' for her former $1.98 million Capitol Hill home she shared with her ex-fiancé.
Mace and Patrick Bryant, who broke off their 18-month engagement in 2023, were co-owners of a DC townhouse until 2024. That DC property is at the center of the new probe.
Members of Congress are allowed to be reimbursed for housing expenses if they maintain a residence in their home district and Washington, DC.
But the program, launched in 2023, has drawn scrutiny because the reimbursement process does not require a detailed expenditures list for lawmakers to get their money back.
A new report by the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC), a nonpartisan group that investigates misconduct on Capitol Hill, claims that Mace was overpaid $9,500 for her housing costs.
'Information available to and reviewed by the OCC suggests that Rep. Mace was reimbursed more than the true costs for the property during several months in 2023 and 2024,' the OCC report alleges.
Mace did not speak with the OCC during their investigation, the report says.
Congresswoman Nancy Mace is the subject of a House Ethics Committee probe
The Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC) alleged in a report that Mace was overpaid $9,500 in lodging reimbursements for her old DC townhouse, shown above
'Rep. Mace provided exculpatory evidence to the OCC. They ignored it. The document at the foundation of their investigation? The OCC admitted was never verified,' a spokesperson for Mace told the Daily Mail on Tuesday.
Mace herself lashed out at the probe on Tuesday, posting on social media: 'When you fight the swamp, the swamp fights back.'
'It’s no coincidence that in the same hour the tapes of me deposing the Clintons come out, I’m slapped with a story about a BS Ethics Investigation.'
Mace was on the panel that deposed Bill and Hillary Clinton last week over their alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
The investigation was hatched after 'discrepancies' on Mace's bills she submitted for reimbursement were found.
They pertained to the DC property’s 'expenses, including utility bills and escrow amounts for property taxes and insurance related to the property.'
The Ethics Committee said that although they are investigating, it 'does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred.'
However, her lawyer, William Sullivan, responded to the OCC, saying their report was 'fundamentally flawed.'
Mace had co-owned the DC town house with her ex-fiancé, Patrick Bryant
Sullivan wrote in his letter to the Ethics Committee that the OCC report's 'narrative appears to incorporate unverified assertions and materials that may have originated from, or been influenced by, Rep. Mace’s former fiancé, Brendan Patrick Bryant.'
Mace and Bryant's relationship soured in February 2025 when the Congresswoman claimed she was going 'scorched earth' on four men, including Bryant, alleging they were sexual predators that drugged, molested and filmed multiple female victims – including herself.
The men have all denied any wrongdoing, and Bryant subsequently sued Mace for defamation. He has accused her of cooking up fake gang rape claims to blackmail him.
