'She's a liar': Nancy Mace blasted by SC county sheriff over 'reckless' allegations

Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano slammed US Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) during a Wednesday press conference over the GOP leader's recent claim that "Graziano is 'systematically dismantling immigration enforcement'" in the county "and that her office 'ignored at least 51 ICE detainer requests' since 2021," Live 5 News WCSC reports.

Post and Courier senior politics reporter Caitlin Byrd wrote via X: "'Nancy Mace is full of s—t,' Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano said as she opened a presser. 'She clearly doesn't understand the law. She is in a position where she controls Congress and has failed to do her job, and is trying to make her failures our problem.'"

Per Live 5 News, Graziano released a statement Tuesday afternoon in response, saying that Mace 'never misses an opportunity to entertain performative politics' and 'has a history of mischaracterizing events for her perceived political benefit,' calling Mace’s letter 'particularly egregious.'"

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The news outlet reports:

Mace also said ICE recognized the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office as being a 'non-cooperative institution.'

But a June 2024 ICE Detainer Acceptance Tracker, compiled by Enforcement and Removal Operations Criminal Apprehension, lists Charleston County as a “Limited Cooperation Agency.' By ICE’s own definition, that means the sheriff’s office notifies ICE before it releases non-citizens with a judge’s order to do so, but does not allow adequate hold time to assume Department of Homeland Security custody. 'Limited cooperation” is one of two levels in the report, the other being 'non-cooperative,' referring to agencies that do not notify ICE prior to releasing noncitizens.

"She’s a liar and this is reckless, period," Graziano told reporters. "I’m a little too busy right now."

The sheriff added, "I’m a little busy protecting the citizens of Charleston County, OK? We are consistently seeing a drop in violent crime in Charleston County. I’m busy doing that while she’s consistently voting against support for law enforcement. I don’t have time for this. We don’t have time for this and we’re going to continue to do what we’ve done. She needs to do her damn job and let law enforcement do ours."

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Live 5 News' full report is available at this link.