Warrant Issued for Republican Congressman Over Alleged Assault of 27-Year-Old Woman — But Never Signed
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Police in Washington, D.C., are seeking the arrest of Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) over assault allegations leveled against him last week by a 27-year-old woman, a report claims.
The woman claimed during a conversation with police that Mills injured her last Wednesday, but she later “recanted” what she told responding officers in DC. Mills denied an assault and was not arrested.
According to a Monday update from police, a warrant for the Florida Republican’s arrest was sent to a federal prosecutor, but not signed. NBC4 in Washington reported:
D.C. police told the I-Team they sent an arrest warrant to the U.S. attorney’s office on Friday. The warrant has not been signed. Police said the case was sent back to them for further investigation. The U.S. attorney’s office said it does not comment on uncharged cases.
Sources familiar with how cases are handled say this type of back-and-forth is not uncommon and may never result in charges.
According to the report, the alleged victim told police she had been in a long-term romantic relationship with the congressman, who is married with children.
In one of three separate police reports on the alleged incident, the unnamed victim said she was assaulted in Mills’ luxury penthouse and that he told her to lie about the origin of bruises on her arm:
The first police report, provided to News4 by a source and confirmed by a second source familiar with the investigation, said: “(Her significant other for over a year) grabbed her, shoved her, and pushed her out of the door.” The report says she showed the officer “bruises on her arm which appeared fresh.”
The first report goes on to note that during a phone call between the significant other and alleged victim, she “let officers hear Subject 1 [now identified by MPD as Mills] instruct her to lie about the origin of her bruises … Eventually, Subject 1 made contact with police and admitted that the situation escalated from verbal to physical, but it was severe enough to create bruising.”
The woman later told the news station Mills did not assault her, and the two had only been in an argument.
“Yesterday, I contacted law enforcement to address a personal matter,” she told NBC4. “Although the argument was emotionally charged, there was no physical abuse involved.”
The unnamed woman confirmed she had suffered bruising but claimed it was from being active while she was traveling.
D.C. police are required by law to investigate allegations of domestic violence with or without the cooperation of an alleged victim.
A representative for Mills said in a statement, “This week, law enforcement was asked to resolve a private matter at Congressman Mills’ residence. Congressman Mills vehemently denies any wrongdoing whatsoever, and is confident any investigation will clear this matter quickly.”
