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WASHINGTON (AP) — A person accused of accosting U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in a Capitol Office building pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor assault charge. Witnesses told police that James McIntyre, 33, of Chicago, shook Mace's hand in an “exaggerated, aggressive” manner after approaching the South Carolina Republican in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday evening, according to a police affidavit. Mace, who is identified only by her initials in a court filing, posted a string of social media messages about the incident. She said she was “physically accosted” at the Capitol, and she thanked President-elect Donald Trump for calling her Wednesday morning to check on her condition. “I’m going to be fine just as soon as the pain and soreness subside,” Mace wrote. Mace declined to be treated by a paramedic after her encounter with McIntyre, who was arrested Tuesday by the Capitol Police, the affidavit says. Mace told police that McIntyre said, “Trans youth serve advocacy,” while shaking her hand. Last month, Mace proposed a resolution that would prohibit any lawmakers and House employees from “using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.” Mace said the bill is aimed specifically at Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress. A magistrate judge ordered McIntyre’s release after an arraignment in Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Efforts to reach an attorney for McIntyre weren't immediately successful.A technology expert on Thursday took aim at one of President-elect Donald Trump’s many campaign promises for when he sweeps back into office next month: his vow that all remaining Bitcoin be “made in the U.S.A.” But ensuring that the United States is the world leader in the multibillion-dollar Bitcoin industry that is decentralized is a tall order for Trump to achieve – if not “near impossible,” Bloomberg reported. “It is a Trump-like comment but it is definitely not in reality,” Ethan Vera, chief operating officer at Luxor Technology, which provides software and services to miners, told the publication. That’s because blockchains “are decentralized networks in which no one controls or can be banned from participating in the process,” Bloomberg added in its Friday report. ALSO READ: Why ABC settled a case they knew they would win — and why the Lincoln Project didn't While Trump's comment, which he made in a Truth Social post in June, is mostly viewed as a symbolic pledge of support, "on a practical basis, the sector is becoming increasingly competitive as large-scale operations pop up across the world to get a slice of the tens of billions of dollars in revenue generated each year by the industry,” the report said. More than 95 percent of the 21 million Bitcoin that will ever be created “have already been minted, though the hard cap on production isn’t expected to be met for about 100 years,” Bloomberg noted. Russian oligarchs, Dubai royal families and Chinese businessmen in Africa are some of the newest competitors in the market in the “lucrative but energy-intensive process,” the report said. “President Trump campaigned on a vision for America to remain the world leader in the next frontiers of technology, from cryptocurrency to AI,” Trump-Vance transition spokesman Kush Desai told Bloomberg. “The Trump-Vance administration will work with industry titans and unleash our talent and resources to ensure American leadership and innovation in every facet of the cryptocurrency industry, from mining to end-use solutions.”

Person accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault chargeSorry, Gavin. This time you’re going to have to settle for the bronze.