Overview
- Court records identify the defendant as Shayla Addison, 28, who faces two counts of influencing a federal official by threat.
- Investigators say five threatening texts were sent on Jan. 15, 2025, to a campaign phone number, and additional violent comments were posted on Instagram.
- Rep. Nancy Mace confirmed she was the target and credited the FBI and U.S. Capitol Police for their response.
- The plea agreement calls for a government recommendation at the low end of the guideline range, with a statutory maximum of up to 10 years in prison.
- Mace says her office logged more than 1,300 threats in the past year as separate cases tied to alleged threats against her moved through courts.