Almost nine months after U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace accused her former fiancé of sexual crimes in a speech on the House floor , he is suing her and says the claims were fabricated by Mace as part of a coordinated, personal scheme to obtain two houses.

Patrick Bryant filed the counterclaim Nov. 6 in Charleston County court. In the 33-page document, Bryant alleges Mace hacked into his cellphone and worked with a friend’s estranged wife to orchestrate what he calls a “conspiracy.”

“The citizens of South Carolina and the United States rightly expect that elected leaders will wield the immense power of public office only for the public good,” the suit said. “But when a sitting United States Congresswoman instead privately weaponizes falsehoods to extort private property, fabricates criminal alleg

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