Rep. Cory Mills Faces Expulsion Calls Amid Allegations of Misconduct and Ethics Probe

(SeaPRwire) –   The House of Representatives is conducting an ethics purge, with Rep. Cory Mills (R, Fla.) emerging as a possible next target for removal.

On Monday, Rep. Nancy Mace (R, S.C.) put forward a resolution to expel her Republican colleague Mills, who is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for prior claims of financial and sexual misconduct. Mills has refuted these allegations.

“The swamp has shielded Cory Mills for too long, and we are finished overlooking it,” Mace stated. “Any Member who votes to retain him is voting to protect a woman beater and a fraud. He must be expelled without delay.”

Increasing demands for Mills’s ouster come after the resignations this month of former Reps. Eric Swalwell (D, Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R, Texas), both of whom faced intense sexual misconduct allegations and were urged by fellow House members to resign before likely expulsion votes.

Mills is not the sole Florida representative confronting expulsion; the House is scheduled to vote this week on removing Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D, Fla.) after the House Ethics Committee recommended sanctions over allegations of financial misconduct.

However, according to NOTUS, Mills is considering a countermove by preparing an expulsion resolution against Mace, who is herself being investigated for alleged improper reimbursement practices.

“I don’t even belong in the same category as Swalwell or Gonzales,” Mills told NewsNation last week regarding his potential expulsion. “First, I’m not married, so that’s one point. Second, I have never sexually harassed anyone or had any complaints filed against me by staffers or interns on the Hill. It’s not a fair comparison.” (Mills indicated in 2025 court proceedings that he had been attempting to dissolve his prior marriage for years.)

Mace responded to Mills on CNN, asserting that “everyone must be held to the same standard, whether Republican or Democrat,” and stating she is not “intimidated by any predators.”

Here are the key details.

What are the allegations against Mills?

Mills has served Florida’s 7th congressional district since 2023 and holds positions on the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees. Prior to his congressional tenure, he co-established a defense contracting company.

In February 2025, Washington, D.C. police responded to Mills’s home after a 27-year-old woman who was not his wife reported a physical fight with the congressman. Mills contested the assault claims, and the reporting woman later withdrew her statements. No charges were filed against Mills, and The Hill noted that D.C. police closed the case by August of last year. Nevertheless, a Saturday report from The Washington Post challenged the decision not to arrest Mills, referencing body-camera video from that night and documents such as a denied warrant request.

A Florida judge imposed a restraining order against Mills last October after an ex-girlfriend, Lindsey Langston, alleged he harassed her. Langston said Mills threatened to distribute private videos and harm her future boyfriends after their breakup, which followed the D.C. incident. Mills has declared his innocence, stating last year, “These claims are false and distort the truth of my interactions.”

An August 2024 report from the board of the Office of Congressional Conduct—an independent, nonpartisan body that examines misconduct claims in the House and forwards them to the Ethics Committee—found that Mills may have breached House rules, conduct standards, and federal law.

The report suggested Mills might have maintained weapons contracts with the federal government during his time in Congress. It stated that Pacem Defense/ALS, organizations connected to Mills and his wife, were “actively contracting with the federal government” and had obtained nearly $1 million in federal munitions and weapons contracts from January 2023 to the date of the report. The report also mentioned that Mills declined to cooperate with the OCC’s review.

Additionally, the report indicated Mills’s campaign might have received contributions exceeding legal limits and that he may have left out or falsified data on his financial disclosure forms. However, the Federal Election Commission had previously voted to drop allegations that Mills and his campaign “knowingly accepted excessive or prohibited contributions or contributions made under another person’s name.”

Mills, an Army veteran, is also accused of embellishing his military record. He received a Bronze Star in 2021 for claimed actions in Iraq in 2003, but multiple former service members who were with him have said they do not recall his presence during the events for which he was honored.

Republican dilemma

If Mills departs Congress, whether by expulsion or resignation similar to Gonzales and Swalwell, the Republican Party’s slim majority in the House would shrink further.

Yet Mace seems not to be the only Republican supporting Mills’s removal. Rep. Kat Cammack (R, Fla.) posted on social media alongside a Politico article about House Republicans defending Mills: “Not this Republican. It doesn’t matter if you are Republican or Democrat. No one is above the law.”

Politico reported that some anonymous Republicans are awaiting the outcome of the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into Mills, initiated in November 2025, before considering any action to discipline him. Speaker Mike Johnson stated last week he would be “examining” the investigation’s status.

Former President Donald Trump, however, seems to support Mills; he endorsed him for re-election in February, praising him as an “America First Patriot.”

On Monday, the bipartisan House Ethics Committee issued an unusual statement, affirming its dedication to “preserving a congressional workplace free of sexual misconduct and guaranteeing that anyone culpable for misconduct is accountable for their actions.” The committee also encouraged victims or anyone with knowledge of sexual misconduct by a House member or staffer to file a complaint.