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.

November 5, 2025

On Nov. 5, 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace announced on X that she had retained attorney Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and later Freedom Watch, and intended to pursue legal action over what she characterized as fabricated police documentation from the Oct. 30 Charleston airport confrontation:

"SUING FOR DEFAMATION!! I've retained an attorney to take swift and severe legal action against American Airlines and the Charleston Airport following allegations they falsified incident report(s) to defame me."

Klayman issued a statement backing her account:

"We believe Congresswoman Nancy Mace has been subjected to a calculated and coordinated effort to malign her character through deliberately falsified documentation."

According to Mace's team, those she intended to name included Charleston County Aviation Authority, American Airlines, CEO Elliott Summey, chief legal officer Austin Bruner, three officers, an American Airlines gate agent, and SC Attorney General Alan Wilson.

As of June 2026, no complaint had been filed in any court. Mace announced her intent to sue; no suit was filed. The allegation that any incident report was falsified is Mace's and Klayman's characterization; it remains unproven and untested in any court, and none of the named individuals or entities has been shown to have falsified any report.

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A pinned post viewed 20,000+ times: Mace calls South Carolina a 'pedophile paradise' while the gag order is in effect

On December 31, 2025, from her verified @RepNancyMace account, Mace published and pinned a post attacking the South Carolina Attorney General, calling the state a 'pedophile paradise' at a time when a gag order in Berg v. Bryant was in effect. The post reportedly re-shared content from her December 27, 2025 video. A contempt motion filed January 12, 2026 attaches it as Exhibit 9 and notes the post had been viewed more than 20,000 times. Mace disputes the validity of the gag order and its application to her.

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In her own sworn Answer, Mace admits she 'placed an air tag on Bryant's car for one day in August 2023'

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December 9, 2025 · Dispatch

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November 28, 2025 · Dispatch

Two days into the gag order, Mace posts: 'IMPEACH ALL CORRUPT JUDGES', 'especially including those in South Carolina SPECIFICALLY.'

On November 28, 2025, two days after Judge Hocker entered the sua sponte gag order in Berg v. Bryant, Mace posted from her verified @RepNancyMace account calling to impeach 'all corrupt judges,' adding in the same thread 'especially including those in South Carolina SPECIFICALLY.' Bryant and Bowman's January 12, 2026 contempt motion makes the post Exhibit 4 and contends it violated the gag order.