A fresh push to remove a sitting lawmaker from Congress is underway after Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a resolution targeting fellow Republican Cory Mills.
According to the New York Post, a measure was filed on Monday that seeks to expel Mills from the House of Representatives over a series of allegations, including domestic violence, sexual misconduct, stolen valor, and profiting from federal contracts while in office.
The effort follows months of scrutiny.
Mills has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee since November, after a previous attempt by Mace to censure him and remove him from committee assignments failed.
At that time, the allegations were referred to the panel for further review.
Mace said she believes enough time has passed without action.
“The swamp has protected Cory Mills for far too long, and we are done letting it slide,” she said in a statement.
“We tried to censure him and strip him from his committee assignments. Both parties blocked it, but we are not backing down,” she added.
Although the Ethics Committee has not released its findings, Mace argued the case against Mills is already clear.
She accused him of “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,” Mace asserted. “He needs to be expelled immediately.”
An expulsion vote would require support from two-thirds of the House, a high threshold in a narrowly divided chamber. It remains uncertain whether the resolution could gain enough backing to pass.
The move comes shortly after the resignations of former lawmakers Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell, both of whom stepped down following allegations of sexual misconduct.
Mills, for his part, has pushed back against the effort and urged patience as the investigation continues.
“I personally think that you should allow due process,” he told reporters, according to The Hill.
“The precedence that she’s setting right now is that you only have to be investigated, and she’s under investigation,” he continued. “So I think that, by her own admission, she’s kind of also saying that she should be expelled as well.”
The Ethics Committee is also examining Mace over separate allegations tied to lodging reimbursements, adding another layer of tension to the dispute as both lawmakers remain under scrutiny.
