Mace announces intent to sue: 'SUING FOR DEFAMATION!!'

On Nov. 5, 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace announced on X that she had retained attorney Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and later Freedom Watch, and intended to pursue legal action over what she characterized as fabricated police documentation from the Oct. 30 Charleston airport confrontation:

"SUING FOR DEFAMATION!! I've retained an attorney to take swift and severe legal action against American Airlines and the Charleston Airport following allegations they falsified incident report(s) to defame me."

Klayman issued a statement backing her account:

"We believe Congresswoman Nancy Mace has been subjected to a calculated and coordinated effort to malign her character through deliberately falsified documentation."

According to Mace's team, those she intended to name included Charleston County Aviation Authority, American Airlines, CEO Elliott Summey, chief legal officer Austin Bruner, three officers, an American Airlines gate agent, and SC Attorney General Alan Wilson.

As of June 2026, no complaint had been filed in any court. Mace announced her intent to sue; no suit was filed. The allegation that any incident report was falsified is Mace's and Klayman's characterization; it remains unproven and untested in any court, and none of the named individuals or entities has been shown to have falsified any report.

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