House Republican sues Capitol Police for $2.5 million over 2021 office search

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Source: Politico

House Republican sues Capitol Police for $2.5 million over 2021 office search

Rep. Troy Nehls filed suit in Texas, three years after an inspector general report found no police wrongdoing.

By KYLE CHENEY and HAILEY FUCHS
04/11/2025, 12:03PM ET

A House Republican is suing the federal government for $2.5 million, claiming he was retaliated against by the Capitol Police four years ago for his vocal criticism of the department’s leadership after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack.

Rep. Troy Nehls’ unusual lawsuit, filed in federal court in his home state of Texas, accuses the Capitol Police of improperly entering his office in November 2021 and taking pictures of a whiteboard that had notes related to legislation.

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[Lovie777]

1. Something is truly wrong with the GQP....

[atreides1]

2. The Stolen Valor guy

In October 2008, Nehls was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for his service in Afghanistan in March 2008. In March 2023, the military rescinded the award of the badge to Nehls, because he was not eligible to receive it – he was neither an infantryman nor a special forces operator, but was instead a civil affairs officer. The revocation became public in May 2024. Nehls continued to wear the badge, saying that he disagreed with the revocation, and that he believed "this is a concerted effort to discredit my military service and continued service to the American people as a member of Congress." Nehls subsequently stopped wearing the badge owing in large part to these stolen-valor claims against him.

[tinymontgomery]

5. So, stolen valor

"he was neither an infantryman nor a special forces operator, but was instead a civil affairs officer." Were are all the CIB awardees raising hell about stolen valor like they did against Governor Waltz.

[slightlv]

3. This is way over the line...

instead of thanking the people who probably saved his life, or at least saved him from grave bodily injury, he's gonna sue them for walking into his office and taking pictures to back up whatever their report stated. I think I'd find some way to countersue this ungracious idiot. And of course, it's filed in Texas... home of the most biased judge in America.

[Paladin]

4. Even by Texas Republican standards, Nehls is a piece of shit. (nt)