In a bizarre attention-grabbing maneuver, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) claimed this morning that Capitol Hill police took unauthorized photos of his office last fall.
He made the surprising claim on Twitter, saying that on Nov. 22, 2021, “special agents dressed like construction workers” questioned one of his staff members about photographs that they had supposedly taken two days before.
Hours after Nehls made his accusation, Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger issued a statement that didn’t line up with Nehls’ account at all.
Manger said that the door to Nehls’ office was “left open and unsecured,” noting that officers on the force are “directed to document that and secure the office to ensure nobody can wander in and steal or do anything else nefarious.”