Posted on 03/10/2026 9:51:31 AM PDT by John Semmens
Rep. Nancy Mace's (R-SC) motion "to publicly release all reports on investigations into members of Congress regarding allegations of 'sexual harassment or of a sexual relationship with a member of their staff" was voted down by 357 to 65 vote.
Mace said "the professed concern for the victims being publicly humiliated 'phony.' Any Member who votes against this resolution is voting to protect the cover-up instead of the victims. Nobody in Congress should get to play by a different set of rules. We need to shine a light on every single case the House Ethics Committee has been sitting on."
Committee Chairman Michael Guest (R-Miss) disagreed with Mace, saying "perpetrators of sexual misconduct should never be shielded from responsibility for their misdeeds. However, victims may be retraumatized by public disclosures of an interim work product, excerpts of interview transcripts, and certain exhibits. Witnesses, who often only speak to the Committee confidentially or on condition of future anonymity, could fear retaliation if their cooperation is made public. We were ready to open an investigation of Rep. Gonzales (R-Tx), but the suicide of his alleged victim and his withdrawal from the election have rendered his case moot."
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What about the rights of the falsely accused Ms. Mace?
Treat all members of congress as guilty until the information is released. They voted against releasing information for a reason. Some may be false charges, give the accused a chance to defend themselves. What to do with those who were justifiably charged?
I’ve heard from DC lawyers that most our Congressmen/Senators are homosexuals. Mace may be blowing the whistle on our sodomite leaders! Go Girl!!
They voted pretty quickly on Epstein because they knew it was a bunch of nothing
They won’t vote for this because it will actually impact them (and is actually important to the American people since it’s their money)
Though I bet a lot of it is false accusations are in there
The victims have been humiliated all the way to the bank.
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