Mike Johnson Dismisses Questions on Abuse Allegations Against GOP Lawmaker: ‘Let’s Talk About Things That Are Really Serious’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) grew frustrated on Wednesday with questions about abuse and “stolen valor” accusations against Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL).

At a press conference on the government shutdown, Johnson was immediately hit with questions about Mills. The questions followed a Florida judge issuing a restraining order against Mills. Circuit Judge Fred Koberlein barred Mills from making contact with Lindsay Langston. The judge found that Mills caused “substantial emotional distress” and Langston had “reasonable cause to believe she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of another act of dating violence.”

Mills was accused by Langston of threatening to put out intimate sexually explicit videos of her. Mills claimed to the court that he no longer had access to the videos in question.

“Cory continued to message me on Instagram accounts I run after blocking him and asking him to not contact me. The messages progressively got more threatening over time,” Langston wrote in her petition.

The Langston situation follows Mills making headlines in February after police were called to his Washington, D.C. residence to investigate a domestic situation. Though the police report made reference to bruising on the woman in the residence, both she and Mills denied any physical abuse occurred.

On Wednesday, Johnson said he did not know the details of allegations against Mills, but described him as a “faithful colleague.”

“I have not heard or looked into the details of that. I’ve been a little busy. We have a House Ethics Committee, if it warrants that, I’m sure they’ll look into that,” he said.

Johnson tried moving on, but he was hit with yet another Mills question about the restraining order, as well as allegations of “stolen valor,” noting discrepancies between his stories from his military service and from others. Mills has denied the accusations.

Johnson told reporters to ask Mills about the accusations and urged them to talk about more “serious” topics.

“Look, you have to ask Representative Mills about that,” he said. “I mean, he’s been a faithful colleague here. 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 about that. Let’s talk about things that are really serious.”

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