sexual-assault

Dispatches

• September 9, 2026 · Dispatch

  "I'm in the files": Mace tells Palmeri she is named in the Epstein files, questions FBI credibility

  Rep. Nancy Mace told Tara Palmeri on Sept. 1, 2026 that she is in the Epstein files. When Palmeri raised a Jane Doe connected to Donald Trump, Mace said she believed the FBI 'didn't find it credible,' and added: 'I don't know if we can trust the FBI on this one.' Mace has stated publicly that she appears in the files as a victim, not a perpetrator.

• September 9, 2026 · Dispatch

  Mace: "I was 16 years old and was assaulted... I am going through something similar again"

  Rep. Nancy Mace, in a Sept. 1, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, described how being raped at 16 shaped who she is, and said: 'I am going through something similar again. And why does this keep happening?' Mace did not specify what recent event she was referring to.

• September 9, 2026 · Dispatch

  "Oh, 100%": Mace says Trump punished her for standing up for victims, still calls him a good man

  In a Sept. 1, 2026 interview with Tara Palmeri, Rep. Nancy Mace confirmed that Donald Trump 'ultimately punished' her for standing up for victims, saying 'Oh, 100%.' When Palmeri asked whether Trump is a good man, Mace said: 'I think so. I think he's got it in his heart.'