Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) filed a lawsuit seeking $2.5 million in damages after a U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) officer entered his office, prompting claims from the GOP congressman that he is “worried and anxious” about his interactions with the agency.

The suit stems from a 2021 incident in which an officer entered Nehls’s office over the Thanksgiving break, relaying that he found the door to the office wide open.

Upon seeing a white board with “suspicious writings mentioning body armor with an outline of the Rayburn Building next to the Longworth building with an 'x'”' marked” on the map, the officer forwarded the information to supervisors. Three sergeants in the Intelligence Operations Section of the USCP later visited Nehl’s office and asked about the white board.

“Congressman Nehls was later informed by his staff of the........

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