Mace Discloses $300,000+ Taxpayer Harassment Settlements

Republican Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina disclosed on Monday that taxpayer funds paid more than $300,000 to settle sexual harassment claims linked to the offices of six former House members, according to over 1,000 pages of documents obtained through a subpoena to the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.

Mace shared the details in posts on X, listing settlements from 2007 to 2017 associated with former Representatives Rodney Alexander, a Republican from Louisiana; Carolyn McCarthy, a Democrat from New York; Eric Massa, a Democrat from New York; John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan; Blake Farenthold, a Republican from Texas; and Patrick Meehan, a Republican from Pennsylvania. The payments included $15,000 for Alexander's office in 2007; $8,000 for two cases in McCarthy's office in 2009; $85,000, $20,000 and $10,000 for Massa's office in 2010; $50,000 in 2010 and a $27,112 severance in 2014 for Conyers' office; $84,000 for Farenthold's office in 2014; and a $39,250 severance for Meehan's office in 2017.

The disclosures stem from a March subpoena by the House Oversight Committee, chaired by Representative James Comer, Republican of Kentucky. Mace stated she...