Overview
- An internal Charleston airport police report concludes Rep. Nancy Mace escalated a miscommunication over her escort into a profanity-laced confrontation with officers and TSA staff.
- Surveillance video released without audio shows Mace approaching security after a mix-up over the color of her vehicle, corroborating a timeline detailed by investigators.
- Mace denies the findings, claims officials falsified the report, links her concerns to threats tied to her anti-transgender stance, and says she has drafted but not filed lawsuits against the airport and American Airlines.
- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, a rival in the governor’s race, publicly criticized Mace as a “spoiled brat,” intensifying the political repercussions.
- The investigation also cites a separate April dispute over expedited screening for a family member, and reporting notes TSA workers at the time of the October incident had been working without pay during the shutdown.