Acting House speaker orders Pelosi to vacate Capitol hideaway office in 'sharp departure from tradition'

Acting House Speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) on Tuesday “ordered Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to vacate her Capitol Hideaway office by Wednesday,” in a move described by the former speaker as a “sharp departure from tradition,” Politico reports.

Politico reviewed emails sent to Pelosi’s office in which a top aide on the House Administration Committee asked Pelosi to “please vacate the space tomorrow.”

“The room will be re-keyed” and reassigned “for speaker office use,” according to the email.

Pelosi, in a statement, called the move “a sharp departure from tradition.” She also noted former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) maintained “a significantly larger suite of offices for as long as he wished” when she took over as House speaker.

Politico reports, “House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ staff helped Pelosi’s office make the move, according to a spokesperson for the former speaker.”

Pelosi said she was “unable to retrieve [her] belongings at this time” as she was “in California to mourn the loss” of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who died last Friday.