Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) has demanded the censure and swift removal of Representative Cory Mills (R-FL) from the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees. She cites a “series of alarming ethical, legal, and personal misconduct allegations” as the basis for her call to action.
Mace, the congresswoman from South Carolina, addressed a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday. In her correspondence, she emphasized the gravity of Mills’ alleged domestic violence, potential “conflicts of interest,” and accusations of “misrepresentations” regarding his military service, asserting that these issues warrant his expulsion from the committees.
Additionally, Mace revealed that she has drafted a resolution to prompt a House floor vote aimed at censuring the Florida representative. She underscored the seriousness of the allegations, stating, “These allegations are far too serious to ignore.”
“A member of Congress accused of assaulting women, gaining financially from federal contracts due to his position, and exaggerating or falsifying his service record should not be involved with national-security committees,” Mace declared. “This is not about partisan politics; it’s about safeguarding the integrity of this institution and ensuring the safety of women.”
In both her letter to Speaker Johnson and her resolution, Mace detailed the accusations against Mills, referencing a report from the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department dated February. According to the report, Mills’ girlfriend accused him of physically assaulting her by grabbing, shoving, and pushing her out of his residence.
“Officers observed fresh bruises on her arm,” Mace stated. “The woman reportedly allowed officers to hear Mills instruct her to lie about how her bruises were caused. Police found probable cause for misdemeanor assault and forwarded an arrest warrant to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.”
The alleged victim walked back her claims soon after the incident, and the investigation was closed.
“While the personal matter in question was emotionally charged, there was no physical altercation,” she told NBC News.
Mills’ office also claimed innocence, saying in a statement that the congressman “vehemently denies any wrongdoing whatsoever, and is confident any investigation will clear this matter quickly.”
In July, a different former significant other of Mills — Republican state committeewoman and Miss United States pageant winner Lindsey Langston — accused him of threatening to release intimate photos and videos of her and to harm her future romantic partners. In October, a Florida court granted her an order of protection against Mills.
The judge found that Langston “does have a reasonable cause to believe that she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of another act of dating violence without an injunction being entered.”
Mills is separated but still legally married to his wife, former Trump administration national security official Rana Al Saadi.
Mace’s resolution also pointed out that the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC) found in August 2024 that companies owned by Mills “secured nearly $1 million in federal contracts for munitions and weapons while he served in Congress, with 94 contracts awarded since January 2024.”
The OCC concluded that “There is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Mills may have entered into, held, or enjoyed contracts with federal agencies while he was a Member of Congress in violation of House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law.”
The resolution also pointed to reports indicating that one of Mills’ companies, Pacem, has sold munitions to foreign nations including Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and Colombia while he served on the Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees, giving him direct oversight of U.S. military aid and arms sales policy.
Mills’ military service record was also called into question in the resolution, with Mace pointing to several service members who served with him who have “disputed the account of events which formed the basis for his 2021 Bronze Star recommendation.”
“Five individuals who served with Mills, including two men Mills allegedly saved, disputed Mills was involved in their rescue or provided life-saving care. One sergeant called the account a ‘fabrication,’” Mace wrote.
Democrats attempted to censure Mills and kick him off the Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, but withdrew it after a GOP measure to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) over her recently-revealed communications with Jeffrey Epstein narrowly failed, Axios reported.
Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Dave Joyce (R-OH), voted with Democrats against the measure to censure Plaskett, while Reps. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), and Dan Meuser (R-PA) voted “present.”
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) shared her dismay on social media, accusing fellow Republicans of cutting a “backroom deal,” supposedly to protect Mills:
“Tonight, a handful of Republicans took a dive on a vote to strip Stac[e]y Plaskett of her position on House intel because of her ties to Epstein,” she wrote. “They did it to protect a Republican facing his own ethics issues from a similar vote. This backroom deal shit is swampy, wrong, and always deserves to be called out.”
