Federal prosecutors moved Tuesday to dismiss charges against a man who Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) accused of assaulting her during an event at the Capitol last year.
Mace accused James McIntyre of Illinois, a national foster care advocate, of accosting her during a Dec. 10 reception celebrating the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999.
She claimed the assault came in response to her efforts to bar transgender women from using women’s restrooms on federal property, writing in a Dec. 10 post on X that she was “physically accosted…by a pro-tr*ns man.”
McIntyre pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault charges. Those charges are no longer being pursued, according to an April 1 filing in D.C. Superior Court.
Government attorneys did not provide a reason for the dismissal in their “noelle prosequi” filing, which is Latin for “not to wish to prosecute.”
Mace denounced the decision in a Wednesday statement to Nexstar’s WCBD, saying it sends an “appalling message.”