Nancy Mace Releases Records on $300,000 in House Harassment Settlements
Documents show taxpayers covered more than $300,000 in six former House members’ harassment settlements, with three new payment amounts revealed for the first time.
- On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace released a series of long-hidden documents revealing that taxpayers have footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars in confidential settlements involving sexual misconduct by members of Congress.
- The released files from the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights show that between 2004 and 2018, more than $300,000 was paid from a "slush fund" to resolve sexual harassment claims involving at least six former House members or their offices.
- The documents identify several high-profile former lawmakers by name, including the late John Conyers , whose office paid over $77,000, and Blake Farenthold , whose settlement cost taxpayers $84,000. Other named offices include those of former Reps. Eric Massa , Patrick Meehan , Rodney Alexander , and Carolyn McCarthy .
- Representative Mace obtained the records through a subpoena motion passed by the House Oversight Committee, noting that while some of these cases had been partially reported in the past, the full scope of the payments and the specific case files had remained shielded from the public for decades.
- The OCWR revealed that many records dating before 2004 were physically destroyed under a record retention policy established in 2013, which required the disposal of files ten years after a case closed, effectively erasing the paper trail for older taxpayer-funded settlements.
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