Nancy Mace Files Cory Mills Expulsion Resolution As Mills Warns Of Dangerous Precedent
Rep. Nancy Mace filed a resolution to expel Rep. Cory Mills from the House, prompting a rare vote this week. Mace's resolution accuses Mills of sexual misconduct and notes he is under a House Ethics Committee probe for sexual misconduct or dating violence and for campaign finance violations. The move sets up a rare House vote this week on whether to expel a sitting member.
Mills called the effort "political theatrics" in an on-the-record interview and said Mace is acting as "judge, juror and executioner." He warned that expelling members merely for being under an Ethics probe would create a dangerous precedent. Mills also said Mace is under Ethics review over lodging reimbursements and renting her home to herself via Airbnb with taxpayer funds. Mace issued a press release calling the evidence against Mills overwhelming and accusing him of beating women, telling them to lie, and cyberstalking. MS NOW reported that Washington, D.C., police body camera footage showed officers prepared to arrest Mills on an assault accusation before a superior ordered them not to when the woman changed her account, and that Rep. Byron Donalds called the allegations "very troubling" and said Mills must clear his name.
Early coverage emphasized the rarity of an expulsion move and the procedural timeline. Newer reporting has added investigative details, bodycam accounts, and the emergence of dueling expulsions that commentators say expose fractures in the House GOP. MS NOW drove much of the investigative detail, while Fox News highlighted Mills' defense and his warning about precedent. Social media reaction has amplified partisan divides, with some users framing the clash as evidence the GOP caucus is fracturing and others calling the moves politically motivated.
📌 Key Facts
- Rep. Nancy Mace filed an expulsion resolution against Rep. Cory Mills citing accusations including sexual misconduct and alleging Mills is under a House Ethics Committee investigation for 'sexual misconduct and/or dating violence' and campaign finance violations.
- Mace issued a press release saying 'the evidence against Mills is overwhelming,' accusing him of beating women, telling them to lie, cyberstalking, and warning that any member who keeps him in office is 'voting to protect a woman beater and a fraud.'
- After reporting that Mills planned a retaliatory expulsion resolution against her, Mace publicly accused Mills of lying about his military service, having a restraining order, and enriching himself through federal contracts while in Congress.
- Mills called Mace's expulsion effort 'political theatrics,' said she is acting as 'judge, juror and executioner,' and warned the move could set a dangerous precedent for the House.
- Mills argued that being the subject of a House Ethics investigation should not automatically justify expulsion, noted he is not under any current criminal or civil investigation, and pointed to Mace herself being under Ethics review over alleged improper lodging reimbursements and renting her own home to herself via Airbnb with taxpayer funds.
- MS NOW reported Washington, D.C., police body camera footage showed officers prepared to arrest Mills on an assault accusation before a superior ordered them not to when the alleged victim changed her account.
- News accounts framed the dueling expulsion efforts as evidence of a fracturing House GOP caucus during an 'unusually awful term'; Rep. Byron Donalds called the allegations against Mills 'very troubling' and said Mills must work to clear his name.
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- Cory Mills gave an on-the-record interview at the Capitol calling Nancy Mace's expulsion effort 'political theatrics' and saying she is acting as 'judge, juror and executioner.'
- Mills argues that if being under a House Ethics investigation is enough for expulsion, then Mace herself would qualify because she is under Ethics review over alleged improper lodging reimbursements and renting her own home to herself via Airbnb with taxpayer funds.
- Mills stresses he is not under any current criminal or civil investigation and contrasts his situation with recent resignations by Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales, who faced outside probes or intense scandal.
- Mace issued a press release claiming 'the evidence against Mills is overwhelming,' accusing him of 'beating women,' 'telling them to lie about it' and 'cyberstalking women,' and warning that any member who keeps him in office is 'voting to protect a woman beater and a fraud.'
- MS NOW confirms Rep. Nancy Mace's expulsion resolution cites accusations including sexual misconduct and that Mills is already under House Ethics Committee investigation for 'sexual misconduct and/or dating violence' and campaign finance violations.
- The piece reports Rep. Byron Donalds, a leading Florida gubernatorial candidate, previously called allegations against Mills 'very troubling' and said Mills must 'do that hard work to clear his name, if it can be cleared.'
- The article adds that Washington, D.C., police body camera footage showed officers prepared to arrest Mills on an assault accusation before a superior ordered them not to when the woman changed her account.
- It reports that after NOTUS revealed Mills plans a retaliatory expulsion resolution against Mace, she publicly accused him of lying about his military service, beating women, having a restraining order, and allegedly enriching himself via federal contracts while in Congress.
- The article frames these dueling expulsion efforts as evidence of a fracturing House GOP caucus in what it calls an 'unusually awful term.'