Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Rep. Corey Mills (R-Fla.) Should be the next member to leave Congress following Rep. Eric’s resignation Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Texas Republican Tony Gonzales each resigned amid serious allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.
In a post on X, the New York Democrat expressed her approval of the two men’s departures and quickly turned her attention to the controversial figure Mills.
“I’m glad Eric Swalwell is leaving,” she wrote. “I’m glad Tony Gonzalez is leaving. Frankly, I think Corey Mills should be on this list, too.”
Allegations against Corey Mills: 5 things you need to know
- In November, the House Ethics Committee revealed that it was investigating Mills amid a series of allegations, including sexual misconduct and dating violence.
- Last year, Florida Republican State Committee member and former Miss America pageant winner Lindsay Langston accused Mills of repeatedly threatening to release videos of their intimate encounters after their breakup. She also said he threatened violence against anyone she might date in the future.
- A judge later issued a restraining order against him, citing “reasonable grounds to believe she was in imminent danger of becoming the victim of another act of dating violence.”
- In a separate incident, a woman who said she was in a long-term relationship with married Mills accused Mills of assaulting her.
- Officers noticed “what appeared to be fresh bruises on her arms,” ​​according to the police report. Soon after, however, Sarah Raviani claimed the marks were the result of travel-related activity and withdrew the charges.
Corey Mills speaks out amid sexual misconduct allegations
On Tuesday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike JohnsonThe Republican from Louisiana told reporters he would review the House investigation.
Meanwhile, Mills told NewsNation: “I’m not even in the Swalwell or Gonzalez category. One, I’m not married, so there’s that one thing. Two, I’ve never had a sexual harassment or complaint against any staff member or intern on the Hill. That’s not even a fair comparison. It’s obviously a tit-for-tat in Democratic politics, so I’m not even going to accept it, but so far I haven’t heard anything like that myself.”
“Well, there were a lot of things that were alleged, and there were accusations against me. I mean, look, at one point in time, they tried to bring domestic violence charges, even though no one actually claimed that there was domestic violence. I was never arrested, never participated in any proceedings, it was essentially just a bad breakup. It’s interesting to see how you can be guilty by accusation rather than how the rule of law really works.”
