MORNING HEADLINES | In a case that may have national implications, a federal judge in Charleston on Wednesday threw out a defamation lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Charleston. It was brought after she accused four men of being sexual predators during a fiery February speech on the floor of the U.S. Capitol.
In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said he had no choice but to dismiss the lawsuit brought by one of the four men because of a law that shields members of Congress from facing lawsuits when they are performing official duties, such as making speeches on the Capitol floor.
Meanwhile, another of the four men accused by Mace in February turned himself in for arrest Tuesday on an unrelated first-degree domestic violence charge reportedly stemming