Pelosi said the new acting speaker, Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., was behind an email asking her staff to remove their belongings from a workspace she had access to as a former speaker.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the new speaker pro tempore of asking her to vacate her workspace.
"With all of the important decisions that the new Republican Leadership must address, which we are all eagerly awaiting, one of the first actions taken by the new Speaker Pro Tempore was to order me to immediately vacate my office in the Capitol," she wrote, referring to McHenry, R-N.C., by his new formal title.NPR viewed the text of an email, which was reportedly sent to Pelosi's staff at 6:11 pm on Tuesday, asking Pelosi's staff to remove their belongings by Wednesday.
Pelosi, like most members of the House, maintains a regular office in the Cannon House Building, which is just across the street from the Capitol. But as a former speaker, she also has"This eviction is a sharp departure from tradition," she said in her statement.
"Now that the new Republican Leadership has settled this important matter, let's hope they get to work on what's truly important for the American people," she wrote in her statement.
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