musgrave-v-mace
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Dispatches
- May 20, 2025 · Dispatch
At her own surveillance hearing, Mace displays a 'naked silhouette' of herself: 'That's my body. You can see the silhouette.'
Chairing a House Oversight subcommittee hearing she titled 'Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces,' Rep. Nancy Mace held up a poster-sized image she said depicted her own body, told the room it had been captured by hidden surveillance without her consent, and said no one had been arrested. She tied the image to her ex-fiancé, Patrick Bryant, who categorically denies her allegations; the matter is contested and in ongoing litigation.
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
Vicki Pittman
Vicki (Victoria) Pittman is a former housekeeper for Patrick Bryant whose sworn affidavit, describing a May 2025 encounter at Charleston International Airport in which she says Rep. Nancy Mace pressed her to corroborate personal allegations about Bryant, was submitted in the federal litigation over whether Mace acted within the scope of her congressional duties.
June 10, 2026 · Wiki
Ashleigh Messervy
Ashleigh Messervy is a South Carolina journalist and former girlfriend of Patrick Bryant whose sworn affidavit describes an August 2024 meeting at which she says Rep. Nancy Mace told her 'I hacked into his [Patrick's] computer and phone' and recounted a series of unproven allegations about Bryant.
June 30, 2025 · Wiki
Kris Furniss
Kris Furniss is a Mount Pleasant, South Carolina man and the ex-husband of Patrick Bryant's girlfriend whose written statement, describing a series of contacts in which he says Rep. Nancy Mace warned him about Bryant using unverified allegations and on May 9, 2025 texted him that Bryant 'is being investigated for potential wrongdoing and crimes committed against me and other women', was submitted in the federal litigation over whether Mace acted within the scope of her congressional duties.
June 13, 2025 · Wiki
Robert Sneed
Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Greenville office of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina, representing the United States as substituted defendant under the Westfall Act in the federal defamation suit Musgrave v. Mace.
June 1, 2025 · Wiki
Neely Kelleher
Neely Kelleher is a South Carolina woman and former girlfriend of Patrick Bryant whose sworn affidavit, describing an August 2024 meeting at which she says Rep. Nancy Mace made unverified allegations about Bryant and admitted accessing his phone by 'guessing his passcode', was submitted as an exhibit in the federal Musgrave v. Mace litigation over whether Mace acted within the scope of her congressional duties.
May 27, 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
Matthew B. Berry
Matthew B. Berry, General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives, oversaw the institutional defense of Rep. Nancy Mace in Musgrave v. Mace under the Speech or Debate Clause.
March 7, 2025 · Wiki
Media coverage
Nancy Mace on Louder with Crowder, May 21, 2025
Rep. Nancy Mace appeared on Steven Crowder's 'Louder with Crowder' program on May 21, 2025, one day after chairing the House Oversight hearing on surveillance in private spaces. The episode was titled 'Donald Trump, James Comey, and Naked Congresswomen? It's an Explosion of News.' Mace's allegations against the named men are contested and unproven; all deny wrongdoing, and related litigation remains pending.
May 21, 2025 · Media
Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces, House Oversight Committee Hearing
Rep. Nancy Mace chaired a May 20, 2025 House Oversight Committee hearing titled 'Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces,' centering on allegations that private individuals had been secretly recorded. The hearing is directly connected to the Musgrave v. Mace defamation litigation; Mace's allegations and the named men's denials are contested and unproven, and related litigation remains pending.
May 20, 2025 · Media