Easily all of us can get $150,000 each: the money line from Mace's first call with Ali Berg
A 19-second vertical clip of the money line from Rep. Nancy Mace's first recorded phone call with Alexis "Ali" Berg, April 6, 2024. Rather than a referral to law enforcement or a victim advocate, Mace pitches a civil lawsuit against her ex-fiance Patrick Bryant and tells Berg a payout of about $150,000 each is realistic. FITSNews published the full audio on June 7, 2026, reporting the recording was produced in the ADW v. Berg civil litigation. Mace's allegations on the call are unproven and contested; the people she names deny wrongdoing.
On April 6, 2024, Rep. Nancy Mace placed a roughly 44-minute phone call to Alexis "Ali" Berg, a former employee of Mace's ex-fiance, Charleston businessman Patrick Bryant. Rather than suggesting Berg contact police or a victim advocate, Mace pitches a civil lawsuit and tells her what a payout could look like:
"Easily all of us can get $150,000 each."
FITSNews published the full audio on June 7, 2026, reporting that the recording had been produced in the ADW v. Berg civil litigation and describing it as the origin of Mace's "scorched earth" campaign. Elsewhere on the same call Mace predicts Bryant "can sell a building or two, settle, be done, move on," a separate line from the same pitch.
Read the full transcript breakdown in the original dispatch, or watch the produced supercut of the entire call.
Mace's allegations on the recording are unproven and contested. Patrick Bryant has categorically denied her claims; the other people she names on the call also deny wrongdoing. The related civil litigation is ongoing and no court has ruled on the merits. Nothing here is a finding of fact.
Source: FITSNews, "Leaked Call Details Origins of Nancy Mace's 'Scorched Earth' Campaign" (June 7, 2026)