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'Recuse themselves': Mace's official press release demands the prosecutor's removal and a state investigation into her
On August 18, 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace issued an official congressional press release headlined 'Solicitor Scarlett Wilson Tipped Off Abuser and Leaked Evidence to Harm Victim,' demanding that the elected Ninth Circuit Solicitor recuse from 'any and all cases related to this victim,' be removed from all domestic-violence prosecutions, and face 'a full and immediate state investigation into Wilson's misconduct.' Wilson responded that prosecutors are 'required by law and ethical rules to provide all relevant information to the defense' and that she would not 'play a part in the circus sideshow.' The allegations on all sides are unproven and contested.
Two months after she first named Solicitor Scarlett Wilson on a national podcast, Rep. Nancy Mace put the attack on official congressional letterhead. On August 18, 2025, the day a video Mace's office described as showing domestic violence involving Sullivan's Island businessman Eric Bowman was released publicly, Mace's office issued a press release whose headline was itself the charge: "Solicitor Scarlett Wilson Tipped Off Abuser and Leaked Evidence to Harm Victim."
The release opened with Mace's recusal demand:
"Solicitor Scarlett Wilson's unethical behavior toward the victim has not gone unnoticed. Wilson and her office should immediately recuse themselves and hand over any and all cases related to this victim to a solicitor who will actually protect victims and prosecute criminals."
Mace's official press release as published on mace.house.gov, August 18, 2025. The release itself.
The charges Mace leveled at the prosecutor
The release listed, as numbered points, what it said Wilson's office had done, each framed as a betrayal of the victim:
"Wilson and her Office refused to watch the video evidence when it was provided.
Wilson and her Office have so far refused to indict Bowman for domestic violence.
Wilson and her Office tipped off Bowman about the existence of the video, without the victim's knowledge or consent …
Wilson and her Office leaked a private statement made by the victim to law enforcement … This is in direct violation of Rule 5 …
Wilson and her Office leaked information about a SLED agent to Bowman; the agent is involved in an open and ongoing investigation at SLED.
Wilson and her Office lied to the attorney representing the victim."
And it closed with a list of demands aimed squarely at the elected prosecutor:
"A full and immediate state investigation into Wilson's misconduct.
Wilson's immediate removal from all domestic violence prosecutions while under review.
Removal of any and all cases related to the victim under Wilson's jurisdiction and reassigned to a solicitor outside of this jurisdiction …"
What the prosecutor said back
Wilson did not litigate the case in the press. In a written statement the same day, she rejected the political framing and gave the legal basis for the very "leak" Mace described, that disclosing evidence to the defense is a prosecutor's duty, not misconduct:
"We are required by law and ethical rules to provide all relevant information to the defense, and we have in this matter."
"We will continue to make decisions based on the facts and evidence before us, not on politics or its surrounding rhetoric. Simply put, we will not play a part in the circus sideshow of misguided protestors."
She also reiterated the division of labor Mace's accusations elided, that SLED, not the Solicitor, runs the investigation:
"SLED has briefed me throughout the investigation, but solicitors do not conduct criminal investigations nor make arrests, which are based on probable cause."
Who was pressuring whom
Stripped to its structure, the press release is a sitting member of Congress, the self-described victim and complaining witness in the matters at issue, using official channels to demand that the elected prosecutor for her own circuit be removed from "any and all cases related to this victim" and investigated by the state. Two months earlier, The Post and Courier reported that Mace's office, asked repeatedly, produced no evidence for the obstruction accusation. Wilson's stated answer to the "leak" was a discovery obligation she said the law and ethics rules required. The pattern, and where it leads, is gathered in Mace vs. the Solicitor.
Eric Bowman is one of the men Mace named in her February 10, 2025 floor speech; he and the others deny her allegations. Solicitor Wilson denies Mace's allegations against her. The matters referenced here are the subject of an active SLED investigation and ongoing civil litigation; no underlying matter has been adjudicated and nothing here is a finding of fact. For background see Scarlett Wilson and People in the Public Record.
Sources & related coverage:
- The press release itself: Congresswoman Nancy Mace Responds To Shocking Domestic Violence Video, mace.house.gov (August 18, 2025).
- SC Daily Gazette, "1 of the men Rep. Mace accused of 'heinous crimes' arrested for domestic violence in unrelated case"
- FITSNews, "Bond Denied For Lowcountry Businessman Amid Explosive Abuse Allegations" (carries Wilson's written response).
- Related: Mace vs. the Solicitor · The June 19 podcast attack · Scarlett Wilson
