Prosecutors this week decided not to pursue an assault charge against a man whom Rep. Nancy Mace accused of having “physically accosted” her at the U.S. Capitol in December.
According to a filing yesterday in D.C. Superior Court, prosecutors dropped the lone charge against James McIntyre, a foster care advocate. Mace, R-S.C., had accused McIntyre of “aggressively” shaking her arm up and down at a Dec. 10 event celebrating 25 years of the Foster Care Independence Act. He had pleaded not guilty, court filings showed.
The D.C. District Attorney’s Office, which was prosecuting the case, did not respond to a request for comment on why it decided to drop the charge of assaulting a government official.
Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., appeared to struggle in an interview today when he was asked to describe the work of a former Health and Human Services employee who he said “probably deserved” to be fired.
CNN host Jake Tapper asked Banks about an exchange with Mack Schroeder, who approached him yesterday as a group of federal workers asked lawmakers in the Capitol about the slashed workforce.
“My comments were directed at this fellow, again, who can’t even explain what his job was. It was a woke job that wasted taxpayer dollars, and I’m thankful that President Trump eliminated that job to save tax dollars at a time when we have a $37 trillion national debt,” Banks said.
Pressed to explain the nature of Schroeder’s job, Banks said: “I — He can’t explain it. I’ve read online what he had to say about his job. It doesn’t make sense.”