Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-South Carolina, the No. 3 U.S. House Democrat, said he plans to appeal the $5,000 fine he received after evading metal detectors inside the Capitol.
In response to a CNN question on Thursday (April 22) about whether he had been fined for that, he replied, “Yes.” Claiborne added that “I don’t know” what happened.
Claiborne said, “It was just somebody on the other side trying to make something happen.” But he did not elaborate on that.
According to Politico, Claiborne was at the Capitol on Tuesday (April 20) for the vote. After returning from a trip to the bathroom, he was seen bypassing security detectors.
In a statement to the news media Friday (April 23), a spokesman for Clyburn said, “Congressman Clyburn respects the rules of Congress, but he disagrees with the characterization of the role made in response to this incident.”
Weeks after the Jan. 6 break-in at the Capitol, House Democrats voted to fine lawmakers who intentionally bypassed metal detectors. The first violation was a $5,000 fine and the second was $10,000.
Rep. Nancy Mace, a South Carolina Republican, tweeted Thursday about the Claiborne incident, “I agree, Mr. Whip, that (setting up) metal detectors is a bit much (and actually unconstitutional).” “A fine? It could even be worse. Who wants to help me get the money together for him?”
So far, several Republican lawmakers have been fined for this.
Among them is Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Louisiana Republican who was fined for failing to pass a security detector, which he later appealed.
Gohmert said he had passed through the security detector before he went out to use the bathroom.
In addition, the House Ethics Committee (House Ethics Committee) announced that Rep. Hal Rogers, a Kentucky Republican, will also be fined. Because he kept walking into the House of Representatives after setting off a metal detector. At the time, Rogers told the guard police that he had to go vote and then return for a security check.
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