A federal judge threw out a defamation case a South Carolina man brought against Congresswoman Nancy Mace for calling him a predator.

In a case that may have national implications, a federal judge in Charleston on Wednesday threw out a defamation lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-Charleston.

The congresswoman’s official immunity was too much for a lawsuit to overcome after Mace labeled the man a “predator” on the ...

A U.S. district judge removed U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace from a defamation lawsuit relating to a February speech on the U.S. House ...