Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Monday filed a resolution to expel fellow Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
April 20 (UPI) — Rep. Nancy Mace, R-N.C., on Monday filed a resolution to expel fellow Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., from the House over allegations of sexual misconduct and corruption.
Mills in under investigation by the House Ethics Committee on allegations of stolen valor, violence against women, profiting off of federal contracts and misusing campaign funds.
Mace in November filed a resolution to censure Mills and force Republican leadership to remove him from the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, an effort that failed and was referred to the Ethics committee.
“The Swamp has protected Cory Mills for too long and we are done letting it slide,” Mace said in a press release.
“We tried to censure him … Both parties blocked it, but we are not backing down,” she said. “Any member who votes to keep him here is voting to protect a woman beater and a fraud. He needs to be expelled immediately.”
Mills responded to Mace in a statement posted to X calling Mace out on her own ethics investigations and allegations of harassment.
“Rather than political fundraising theatrics by Mace ‘introduced’ ignoring due process, why not notice for a vote?” Mills said.
“Nancy thinks allegations and accusations is due process … Even though she’s under investigation by the Ethics Committee and in courts in South Carolina,” he said. “Call the vote forward Nancy!”
A Florida judge in October issued a protective order against Mills, ordering him to have no contact with a former girlfriend who claimed he became increasingly aggressive after they broke up.
The aggression after she ended their relationship, which included threats of blackmail with revenge port and violence against her future boyfriends, was spurred by an investigation into allegations he assaulted a woman in Washington, D.C.
Mace is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee after a complaint was filed against her for allegedly overcharging Congress for reimbursements, NBC News reported.
Although Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has said that he would prefer to see the outcome of the committee’s investigation into Mills, Rep. Kat Cammack, R- Fla., said she may favor voting to expel him now, The Hill reported.
“Not this Republican,” Cammack said. “I don’t care if you are Republican or Democrat. No one is above the law.”
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing on the budget for the Department of Health and Human Services in the Rayburn House Office Building near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo