defamation
14 entries across the record carry this tag. Browse all dispatches, or jump to a group below.
Dispatches
- November 5, 2025 · Dispatch
Mace announces intent to sue: 'SUING FOR DEFAMATION!!'
On Nov. 5, 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace announced she had retained attorney Larry Klayman and intended to sue the Charleston Airport, American Airlines, and others for allegedly falsifying incident reports after her Oct. 30 confrontation. As of June 2026, no complaint had been filed in any court.
- May 12, 2025 · Dispatch
Mace's own defamation complaint puts her House-floor accusations, and the men's furious replies, into the public record
Suing Eric Bowman for defamation on May 12, 2025, Mace's complaint confirms she 'identified four individuals' from the House floor and reproduces, verbatim, the very accusations she calls false, including claims she steered VA contracts and 'destroy[ed] innocent men with zero evidence, zero charges.'
Court filings
Musgrave v. Mace (2:25-cv-01823-RMG)
Brian Musgrave, one of four men Rep. Nancy Mace named in her February 2025 House floor speech, filed a federal defamation and libel suit against her. The case turned on whether the Speech or Debate Clause and the Westfall Act shielded Mace from liability for statements made both inside and outside Congress. Senior District Judge Richard Gergel heard oral argument on August 20, 2025 and that same day entered an order that led Mace to characterize the case as resolved in her favor; the full scope of the ruling, and whether any claims survive, is addressed below.
March 14, 2025 · Case
Wiki & people
Larry Klayman
Conservative attorney and founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch whom Nancy Mace retained to pursue threatened defamation claims arising from the October 2025 Charleston airport confrontation.
December 10, 2025 · Wiki
William M. Sullivan, Jr.
Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Washington, D.C., admitted pro hac vice as co-counsel for Rep. Nancy Mace in Mace v. Bowman (2025) and public spokesperson during the House Ethics Committee inquiry.
July 10, 2025 · Wiki
Andrew B. Moorman, Sr.
Founder of Moorman Law Firm, LLC in Greenville, SC, and lead South Carolina counsel for Rep. Nancy Mace in the Mace v. Bowman defamation suit (2025).
May 12, 2025 · Wiki
Eric Bowman
Eric Bowman is a Charleston-area businessman whom Rep. Nancy Mace publicly named in a February 2025 House floor speech and later sued for defamation in May 2025; Bowman has denied the underlying allegations and disputed the suit.
May 12, 2025 · Wiki
Eric Bland
South Carolina trial attorney and founding partner of Bland Richter, LLP, who serves as co-counsel for Brian Musgrave in the defamation proceedings against Rep. Nancy Mace.
March 14, 2025 · Wiki
Ronnie Richter
South Carolina trial attorney and founding partner of Bland Richter, LLP, who serves as co-counsel for Brian Musgrave in the defamation proceedings against Rep. Nancy Mace.
March 14, 2025 · Wiki
Brian Musgrave
South Carolina private citizen publicly named by Rep. Nancy Mace in a February 2025 House floor speech alleging sexual misconduct; Musgrave denied all allegations and subsequently sued Mace for defamation.
February 10, 2025 · Wiki
Media coverage
New Filings Accuse Nancy Mace of Fabricating Sexual Assault Claims
FITSNews covered Bryant's third-party complaint accusing Mace, Melissa Britton, and Jane Doe of conspiring to fabricate sexual assault allegations for personal and political gain. Bryant denied all underlying allegations. Mace denied Bryant's account and called the filing an attempt to pay her again. All allegations are contested; litigation is active.
November 7, 2025 · Media
US Rep. Nancy Mace sued for libel and defamation after making public accusations of abuse
Brian Musgrave, one of the four men Mace accused by name in her February 2025 House floor speech, filed a federal defamation and libel suit against her. The case was ultimately dismissed as to floor-speech claims under the Speech or Debate Clause, though the judge left open whether Mace's social-media statements were protected. All allegations are contested; Mace denied wrongdoing.
March 14, 2025 · Media
Exclusive: Man accused as 'predator' by Rep. Nancy Mace breaks his silence
In an exclusive interview with CNN national correspondent Randi Kaye, aired the evening of March 10, 2025 as a segment on 'Anderson Cooper 360°', Brian Musgrave, one of the four men Rep. Nancy Mace named in her House floor speech, denied her allegations on camera: 'Absolutely not. No, no.' Mace's allegations are contested and unproven; the dispute is the subject of ongoing civil litigation.
March 10, 2025 · Media
Rep. Nancy Mace details accusations of rape and sexual abuse in a speech from the House floor
Mace used a 50-plus-minute House floor speech to accuse four named men, including her ex-fiancé Patrick Bryant, of rape, sex trafficking, and other crimes. All four men categorically denied the allegations to NBC. The speech triggered multiple defamation lawsuits and is central to ongoing litigation; all allegations are contested and unproven.
February 11, 2025 · Media