Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is sending “gazpacho police” 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 “illegally” investigated his office.
“So we have the Capitol Police – now, I don’t think it’s the rank and file – I think it is those in charge in the administration. And Nancy Pelosi is using them like political pawns, sending them into our offices,” Greene said.
She added, “Not only do we have the D.C. jail, which is the D.C. gulag, but now we have Nancy Pelosi’s 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.”
She continued, “This government has turned into something that it was never meant to be and it’s time to make it end.”
Greene appeared to mean “Gestapo” instead of “Gazpacho,” the soup. The “Gestapo” was Nazi Germany’s secret police force.
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Nehls tweeted earlier this week, “The [Capitol Police] Intelligence Division investigated my office illegally and one of my staffers caught them in the act.”
Nehls continued, “On 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.”
He went on to claim, “Two days later on Monday November 22, 2021 (Thanksgiving week), three intelligence officers attempted to enter my office while the House was in recess.”
Nehls said that “special agents dressed like construction workers began to question him as to the contents of a photograph taken illegally two days earlier.”
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 “responded to Nehls’ accusations, without using his name, saying that the incident involved a ‘vigilant officer’ who ‘spotted the Congressman’s door was wide open’ over the weekend,” as Axios reported.
He also said the USCP is “is sworn to protect Members of Congress. If a Member’s 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.”