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50 entries across the record carry this tag. Browse all dispatches, or jump to a group below.

Dispatches

Incidents

Wiki & people

  • Bill Clinton

    42nd President of the United States, subpoenaed by House Oversight in August 2025 over Epstein files; held in bipartisan contempt; deposed February 27, 2026. Clinton has stated he saw nothing wrong during a brief acquaintance with Epstein that ended years before Epstein's crimes came to light.

  • Bill Gates

    Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist called as a witness by Rep. Mace's House Oversight subcommittee over his documented association with Jeffrey Epstein. Gates testified in a closed-door transcribed interview on June 10, 2026 and has stated the meetings were a grave error in judgment.

  • Hillary Clinton

    Former U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee subpoenaed by House Oversight in August 2025 over Epstein files; held in bipartisan contempt after declining to appear; deposed February 26, 2026 in Chappaqua. Clinton has consistently stated she did not know Jeffrey Epstein.

  • Epstein & the Files Vote

    Mace's multi-year push to force release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, from the discharge petition through the 427-1 House vote, her in-person DOJ reviews, the Bondi subpoena, and the collision with Trump that ended her 2026 SC governor bid.

  • Clay Higgins

    U.S. Representative Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana) cast the sole dissenting vote against the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 18, 2025, citing due-process and witness-protection concerns.

  • Lauren Boebert

    U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), one of four Republican signers of the discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, faced Trump administration pressure to withdraw her support.

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene

    U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia), one of four Republican signers of the discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, who later reportedly resigned amid a feud with the Trump administration over her vote.

  • Pam Bondi

    Pam Bondi served as U.S. Attorney General under President Trump and faced intense scrutiny from Nancy Mace over the Department of Justice's handling and release of the Epstein files.

  • Ro Khanna

    U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-California) introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act and co-led the bipartisan push to release unredacted files, alongside Nancy Mace and other lawmakers.

  • Thomas Massie

    U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) filed the congressional discharge petition to release the Jeffrey Epstein files and was one of four Republicans to sign alongside Nancy Mace.

Media coverage

  • Latest Republican Out of a Job After Forcing Epstein Release

    CNN characterized Mace's fifth-place finish in the June 9, 2026 South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary as the latest example of a Republican losing their seat after forcing the Epstein files release, a framing that placed her alongside Reps. Massie, Boebert, and Greene as petition signers who paid an electoral price. The analysis is CNN's own characterization of the political outcome.

  • Epstein Files Crusade Takes Down Nancy Mace

    The Washington Times characterized Mace's primary loss as the Epstein files 'crusade' taking her down, a framing the outlet applied to her fifth-place finish in the June 9, 2026 South Carolina GOP governor race. The piece covers her concession remarks, in which she said she 'voted to release the Epstein files and lost some support for that,' and her statement that it was 'not a political opinion' but 'a moral emergency.'

  • Trump Endorses Pam Evette Over Nancy Mace for South Carolina Governor

    The Hill reported on May 29, 2026 that Trump endorsed Mace's primary rival, Lt. Gov. Pam Evette, for the South Carolina governorship, a snub Mace publicly attributed to her vote to release the Epstein files. The endorsement was widely covered as the direct consequence of the months-long standoff between Mace and the Trump administration over the file release.

  • Nancy Mace Blasts Bondi's Bid to Wriggle Out of Epstein Grilling

    The Daily Beast reported in April 2026 that Mace publicly blasted AG Pam Bondi's efforts to avoid complying with the Oversight Committee subpoena, characterizing Bondi's response as stonewalling. The piece covers the period between the subpoena vote and Bondi's firing, as Mace continued her public campaign to compel DOJ testimony.

  • House Oversight Subpoenas Pam Bondi Over Epstein Files on Mace's Motion

    CNBC reported on March 4, 2026 that the House Oversight Committee voted 24-19 to subpoena AG Pam Bondi on Mace's motion, after Mace declared the Epstein case would go down as 'one of the greatest cover-ups in American history.' The piece covers the escalation of Mace's fight with the Trump DOJ to a formal congressional subpoena.

  • Hillary Clinton Destroys Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert in Table-Slamming Epstein Grilling

    The Daily Beast characterized the March 3, 2026 House Oversight Committee deposition, in which Mace questioned Hillary Clinton about the Epstein investigation, as Clinton 'destroying' her questioners, with Clinton pushing back sharply and Mace reportedly acknowledging she lacked supporting documents for part of her line of questioning. Neither Hillary nor Bill Clinton has been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein; the piece covers Mace's committee conduct.

  • Nancy Mace: DOJ Is Withholding 'Terabytes' of Epstein Records

    The Hill reported on February 24, 2026 that Mace, appearing on NewsNation, claimed the DOJ was withholding 'terabytes of data' and potentially millions of additional Epstein records, and that the scope of the case was 'much bigger than a prostitution and sex trafficking ring.' The piece captures Mace's continued pressure on the DOJ after Bondi's claim of full disclosure.

  • Mace Goes Off in Scathing Social Media Thread, Rejects Pam Bondi's Claim All Epstein Files Released

    Mediaite reported on February 15, 2026 that Mace posted a scathing social media thread rejecting AG Pam Bondi's claim that all Epstein files had been released, declaring 'This isn't going away until people go to jail' and calling the DOJ's handling a shame to victims. The piece documents Mace's escalating public confrontation with the Trump Justice Department.

  • Nancy Mace Demands Immediate Release of Unredacted Epstein Files

    FITSNews reported on February 11, 2026 that Mace, after reviewing unredacted Epstein files at the DOJ, publicly demanded their immediate release and stated that co-conspirator records had been redacted or were missing from the database. The report captures her remarks in which she told targets that 'your days are numbered.'

  • Lawmakers Demand DOJ Stop Tracking Their Epstein Files Searches

    The Hill reported in February 2026 that Mace and other lawmakers demanded the DOJ stop tracking which members of Congress opened specific Epstein files and when, after Mace described the monitoring as 'creepy' and said the system logged every file access. The story drew bipartisan condemnation of the DOJ's surveillance of congressional oversight activity.

  • Why the Epstein Files Vote Was Deeply Emotional for Rep. Nancy Mace

    WBUR's Here & Now interviewed Rep. Nancy Mace on November 18, 2025, the day the House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act 427-1, exploring why the vote carried personal weight for her. Mace, who has publicly disclosed her own history as a sexual assault survivor, discussed her advocacy for Epstein survivors and her push to force the vote through the discharge petition.

  • Nancy Mace Tussles With Trump Over Epstein Document Dump

    FITSNews reported on November 13, 2025 on the emerging conflict between Mace and the Trump orbit over her refusal to withdraw from the Epstein discharge petition. The outlet covered Mace's public statement that day, in which she said she was one of four Republicans to sign the petition, as part of the broader standoff with the former president.

  • Trump Pressures Boebert and Mace to Drop Epstein Discharge Petition Support

    Axios reported on November 12, 2025 that former President Trump personally pressured Republican petition signers, including Mace and Lauren Boebert, to withdraw their support for the discharge petition to force a House vote on the Epstein files. The pressure came as the petition neared the 218-signature threshold needed to bypass Republican leadership.

  • Nancy Mace 'Had Full-Blown Panic Attack' After Meeting Epstein Survivors

    Newsweek reported on September 3, 2025 that Rep. Nancy Mace left a closed-door House Oversight Committee briefing with Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivors and stated she had experienced a full-blown panic attack, describing symptoms including sweating, hyperventilating, and shaking, while listening to survivors' accounts. Mace, who has publicly disclosed her own history as a sexual assault survivor, tied her reaction to her personal trauma. The briefing was part of the House Oversight Committee's investigation into how federal agencies handled the Epstein case and the release of related records.

Mockery & memes

  • Raging at a satire account

    In November 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace replied furiously, using a slur, to an openly-satirical X post by The Halfway Post (comedian Dash McIntyre) joking that Boebert and Mace had recorded calls with Trump about the Epstein files. Mace did not appear to recognize it as satire. When criticized, she said 'satire accounts are supposed to be funny' and told critics to 'rot in hell.' Snopes rated the underlying claim 'Originated as Satire.'

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