A person accused of accosting U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in a Capitol Office building has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge. Witnesses told police that 33-year-old James McIntyre of Chicago aggressively shook Mace’s hand after approaching the South Carolina Republican in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday evening.
Rep. Nancy Mace , R-S.C., left, and Rep. Laurel Lee, R-Fla., leave a meeting to discuss President-elect Donald Trump ’s planned Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. WASHINGTON — A person accused of accosting U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in a Capitol Office building pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor assault charge.
Witnesses told police that James McIntyre, 33, of Chicago, shook Mace’s hand in an “exaggerated, aggressive” manner after approaching the South Carolina Republican in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday evening, according to a police affidavit. Mace, who is identified only by her initials in a court filing, posted a string of social media messages about the incident. She said she was “physically accosted” at the Capitol, and she thanked President-elect Donald Trump for calling her Wednesday morning to check on her condition.Mace declined to be treated by a paramedic after her encounter with McIntyre, who was arrested Tuesday by the Capitol Police, the affidavit says.
A magistrate judge ordered McIntyre’s release after an arraignment in Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
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