Cory Mills Takes Fight to Nancy Mace as She Attempts Congress Expulsion
Republican Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina is pushing to expel a GOP colleague, Representative Cory Mills, from Congress over allegations that include sexual and financial misconduct, but the Florida lawmaker has fired back with accusations of his own.
For months, Mills has faced bipartisan pressure to resign over the allegations, which has intensified in the wake of recent House resignations. Last week, Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell of California and Republican Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas stepped down amid calls for their expulsion from Congress over sexual misconduct allegations.
On Monday, Mace introduced a resolution to this end, calling for the Florida congressman to be “expelled immediately,” saying the “evidence against Mills is overwhelming.”
Mills has denied any wrongdoing and appeared to welcome a vote on the issue by urging Mace to “call the vote forward.” He has now turned the attention on Mace, alleging “harassment of her ex-fiancé” and hinting that she herself could face expulsion under the precedent she has promoted-that investigations and accusations alone are sufficient grounds for removal.
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Nancy Mace’s Bid To Expel Cory Mills
Mace’s resolution outlines a swath of accusations against Mills, ones she said Congress had failed to act on and from which the “swamp protected him.” Mace introduced a resolution to censure Mills in November, which the House voted to refer to the ethics committee.
The resolution details an alleged pattern of misconduct, including domestic abuse and intimidation of those who came forward with complaints. Mace also alleges that Mills lied about aspects of his military service, citing remarks from fellow service members, and that he abused his position in Congress for financial gain.
Mills is already under investigation by the House Ethics Committee in connection with some of the issues Mace referenced, including “sexual misconduct and/or dating violence” and campaign finance violations.
“My new resolution outlines how Mills misrepresented his military service, sexual misconduct, campaign finance violations and illicit involvement in federal contracts as a member of Congress, among other charges,” Mace wrote on X. “Swalwell is gone. Gonzales is gone. Mills is next.”
While typically referred to the House Ethics Committee, if brought to a vote, expulsion resolutions of this kind require support from at least two‑thirds of House members to pass.
House Speaker Mike Johnson responded to the measure on Monday, saying he would not encourage Republicans to pursue expulsion efforts against each other, per NBC News. However, other members of the GOP have suggested they would support Mills’ removal.
“Not this Republican,” Representative Kat Cammack of Florida wrote on X in response to a Politicoarticle titled “Why House Republicans Are Protecting Cory Mills.”
“I don't care if you are Republican or Democrat. No one is above the law,” she added.
What Cory Mills Has Said
Mills has accused Mace of “ignoring due process” and called the representative “a hypocrite who abuses her power.”
In an X post, he noted that since March, Mace has also been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, following a referral from the Office of Congressional Conduct, which said Mace “may have engaged in improper reimbursement practices” by inflating her housing expenses in Washington, D.C.
He also urged Mace to release the temporary restraining order her ex-fiancé, Patrick Bryant, said in November that he would file against her. Court filings show that Bryant filed a motion for a restraining order against Mace, who urged the court to deny this as it would prevent her from “disseminating information and materials” relating to allegations of “serious criminal misconduct” against Bryant.
Mills said that, all told, cases involving alleged misconduct by Mace could warrant her own removal.
“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,” he told reporters Monday, as quoted in The Hill, adding, “So I think that, by her own admission, she’s kind of also saying that she should be expelled as well.”
According to reporting from the outlet NOTUS, citing an anonymous source familiar with the matter, Mills is considering introducing an expulsion resolution against Mace.
Mills has not confirmed whether he intends to bring an expulsion resolution against the congresswoman.
A Reckoning in Congress
The case concerning Mills, and now Mace, illustrates the growing appetite for accountability within Congress, as more lawmakers are now pushing to purge Capitol Hill of those engaged in misconduct. This effort has resulted in a rare instance of bipartisan agreement, with both Republicans and Democrats calling for reform and further investigation into those who have been accused in the past.
“I think it’s at least something that we can agree on: That we don’t want, you know, predators and sexual harassers in the House of Representatives,” Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida told Newsweek in an interview last week. “If there’s one thing we can agree on, let it be that.”
Amid this pressure, the House Ethics Committee has released a list of 28 investigations into members of Congress over the past few years and voiced its commitment to clamping down on “sexual misconduct, harassment, or discrimination in the halls of Congress.”
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This story was originally published April 21, 2026 at 4:52 AM.