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South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace on Monday introduced a resolution to expel Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills, who is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over a range of allegations.
The committee is examining whether Mills violated campaign finance laws, received improper benefits, engaged in sexual misconduct and misused congressional resources.
Mace said prior efforts to censure Mills and remove him from committee assignments had failed.
“The swamp has protected Cory Mills for far too long and we are done letting it slide. We tried to censure him and strip him from his committee assignments. Both parties blocked it, but we are not backing down,” Mace said in a statement. “The evidence against Mills is overwhelming: beating women and telling them to lie about it, cyberstalking women, lying about his military service, and profiting off his seat. Any Member who votes to keep him here is voting to protect a woman beater and a fraud. He needs to be expelled immediately.
“I did not come to Congress to watch powerful people abuse women and cover it up. Cory, your days are numbered. Start packing,” she added.
Mills denied wrongdoing and urged lawmakers to allow the investigation to proceed.
“I personally think that you should allow due process,” he told reporters Monday.
“I think that what the precedence that she’s setting right now is that you only have to be investigated, and she’s under investigation … so I think that, by her own admission, she’s kind of also saying that she should be expelled as well,” he said, referencing a separate Ethics Committee inquiry involving Mace over alleged improper reimbursement practices.
Mills has maintained his innocence, noting he has not been arrested, including in connection with a reported domestic dispute in Washington. He has also characterized another allegation involving a former girlfriend as “a bad breakup.”
An expulsion resolution requires a two-thirds vote in the House to pass. Some Republicans have indicated openness to holding members accountable regardless of party.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has said the chamber should wait for the Ethics Committee to complete its investigation before taking action.
