CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace announced plans to file lawsuits against American Airlines and Charleston International Airport, claiming employees fabricated incident reports about events that occurred Oct. 30.

Mace alleges the reports constitute defamation and civil rights violations, and interfere with her gubernatorial campaign. She has retained Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, to represent her.

"We believe Congresswoman Nancy Mace has been subjected to a calculated and coordinated effort to malign her character through deliberately falsified documentation," Klayman said in a statement. "No American, let alone a sitting member of Congress, should be subjected to institutional misconduct and defamation of this nature."

According to an NBC report, Mac

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