On October 3rd local time, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, stated that the acting speaker of the House, Patrick McHenry, has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol. Pelosi received an email from McHenry at 6:00 PM Eastern Time on the 3rd. In a statement, she mentioned that she was unable to retrieve her belongings as she was attending a memorial for a friend in California. Pelosi described this "eviction" as a departure from tradition.