Nancy Mace urges Mike Johnson to strip Cory Mills of committee assignments

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace wants Speaker Mike Johnson to strip fellow GOP U.S. Rep. Cory Mills of committee assignments. She also promised to file a privileged resolution to censure Mills.

“Rep. Mills’ record is tainted by allegations of stolen valor, domestic abuse and arms deals with the U.S. government and foreign nations while serving in Congress,” Mace posted on X. “This is not a man who should be sitting in the House Armed Services Committee or the Committee on Foreign Affairs.”

The South Carolina Republican sent a letter to Johnson listing a series of personal scandals that have kept Mills in the headlines all year.

“Mr. Mills’ service in the U.S. House of Representatives, and particularly on committees which relate to his private business dealings, does not reflect credibility on the House,” Mace wrote.

“Given the gravity of these allegations against Mr. Mills, the clear conflicts of interest and potential illegality presented by his business dealings, and the potential implications on U.S. national security and foreign policy, we urge you to take action to remove Mr. Mills from the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee Foreign Affairs. We simply cannot have an alleged arms dealer with foreign business sitting on the Committee on Foreign Affairs nor can we have stolen valor represented on the Committee on Armed Services.”

Florida Politics has reached out to Mills for comment. He is one of three Republican incumbents in Florida targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this year.

Importantly, Johnson has waved off concerns about Mills in the past.

“He’s been a faithful colleague here,” Johnson told reporters last month. “I know his work on the Hill. I mean, I don’t know all the details of all the individual allegations and what he’s doing in his outside life. You have to ask him.”

Mace lays out those details in her letter, including some already detailed in an ongoing House Ethics investigation into whether the former defense contractor is still profiting from federal contracts while he served in Congress.

She also said there are “credible accusations” he exaggerated his military service.

“When questioned about his Bronze Star, Mr. Mills produced a DA Form 638 recommending him for the award, which included a signature from then-Army Brigade Commander Arnold N. Gordon-Bray,” Mace wrote.

“However, Retired Brigadier General Bray disputes having signed such a recommendation for Mr. Mills. We actually spoke to General Bray who acknowledged he did not physically sign the form, nor did he read it prior to his signature being affixed on the form 638.”

Mace also detailed allegations Mills physically assaulted a girlfriend Sarah Raviani in his Washington apartment. Raviani initially reported the incident to police but later withdrew her allegations. Mace also pointed to allegations from Lindsey Langston, an ex-girlfriend who said Mills threatened to distribute intimate photos after their breakup.

The letter to Johnson was sent the day after a censure vote against a Democrat failed, which other female lawmakers said occurred only because leadership wanted to protect Mills from a similar censure resolution.

Democrats have threatened to censure Mills three times but have not pursued efforts following Republican failures to censure U.S. Reps. LaMonica McIver and Ilhan Omar and, most recently, Resident Commissioner Stacey Plaskett.