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GOP pols want Pelosi to pay $5K for ignoring her own metal detector rules in Capitol

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Hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for flouting her new metal detectors, a group of Republican pols demanded she pay the same fine for the same offense.GOP members of the Committee on House Administration made the tit-for-tat demand Friday night, claiming Pelosi had been seen on Thursday entering the House Chamber without going through the metal detectors she herself had ordered installed .“Yesterday at approximately 9:59 a.m. multiple members observed the Speaker of the House entering the House Chamber without completing security screening,” the members wrote to House acting sergeant at arms Timothy Blodgett.“We are demanding she face the same fines as every other member of Congress,” the GOP members of the committee , along with a copy of the letter.Earlier Friday, The Post reported that Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) were the first House members hit with the dramatic fine, which is taken directly from their $174,000 salaries.Gohmert said he will appeal.He said that he usually complies with the metal detectors, but didn’t on a single occasion after stepping out to use the bathroom.“Unlike in the movie ‘The Godfather,’ there are no toilets with tanks where one could hide a gun, so my reentry onto the House floor should have been a non-issue,” Gohmert said in a statement.Blodgett wrote in a Friday night reply to House Republicans that US Capitol Police must file a complaint before legislators can be fined. There’s been no such report about Pelosi, he said.“Only the USCP can determine whether an individual has failed to complete security screening as only the USCP has sufficient training to determine compliance with USCP screening procedures,” Blodgett wrote.“I have directed that the USCP produce and provide unusual incident reports on any individual who fails to complete security screening without exception. I have not received any unusual incident report from the USCP concerning the Speaker of the House.”

Hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for flouting her new metal detectors, a group of Republican pols demanded she pay the same fine for the same offense.GOP members of the Committee on House Administration made the tit-for-tat demand Friday night, claiming Pelosi had been seen on Thursday entering the House Chamber without going through the metal detectors she herself had ordered installed .“Yesterday at approximately 9:59 a.m. multiple members observed the Speaker of the House entering the House Chamber without completing security screening,” the members wrote to House acting sergeant...

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