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• July 31, 2026 · Dispatch

  "Charges Are Not a Conviction": The Due-Process Standard Nancy Mace Keeps Only for Herself

  In 2023, Nancy Mace voted against expelling George Santos, indicted on 23 federal counts, because 'charges are not a conviction.' Since then she has pushed a series of men to resign, moved to expel them, or named them 'predators' from the House floor, in every case before any charge was filed, and sometimes after a prosecutor or the accuser had already declined to pursue one. When the House Ethics Committee's own report landed on her, she asked for the very due process she denies them.