Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is sending āgazpacho policeā to spy on members of Congress.
During an appearance on One America News, Greene mentioned Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) who said the Capitol Police āillegallyā investigated his office.
āSo we have the Capitol Police ā now, I donāt think itās the rank and file ā I think it is those in charge in the administration. And Nancy Pelosi is using them like political pawns, sending them into our offices,ā Greene said.
She added, āNot only do we have the D.C. jail, which is the D.C. gulag, but now we have Nancy Pelosiās gazpacho police spying on members of Congress, spying on the legislative work that we do, spying on our staff, and spying on American citizens that want to come talk to their representatives.ā
She continued, āThis government has turned into something that it was never meant to be and itās time to make it end.ā
Greene appeared to mean āGestapoā instead of āGazpacho,ā the soup. The āGestapoā was Nazi Germanyās secret police force.
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Nehls tweeted earlier this week, āThe Intelligence Division investigated my office illegally and one of my staffers caught them in the act.ā
Nehls continued, āOn November 20th, 2021, Capitol Police entered my office without my knowledge and photographed confidential legislative products protected by the Speech and Debate clause enshrined in the Constitution, Article 1 Section 6.ā
He went on to claim, āTwo days later on Monday November 22, 2021 (Thanksgiving week), three intelligence officers attempted to enter my office while the House was in recess.ā
Nehls said that āspecial agents dressed like construction workers began to question him as to the contents of a photograph taken illegally two days earlier.ā
The Republican suggested the investigation was a result of his criticism of Pelosi, the select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Riot and the Capitol Police.
USCP Chief Tom Manger āresponded to Nehlsā accusations, without using his name, saying that the incident involved a āvigilant officerā who āspotted the Congressmanās door was wide openā over the weekend,ā as Axios reported.
He also said the USCP is āis sworn to protect Members of Congress.If a Memberās office is left open and unsecured, without anyone inside the office, USCP officers are directed to document that and secure the office to ensure nobody can wander in and steal or do anything else nefarious.ā
