Mace moves to expel Mills over misconduct, ethics probe allegations

Nancy Mace’s move to expel Cory Mills is less a routine disciplinary step than a direct test of whether House Republicans will police one of their own when ethics allegations pile up. Expulsion is the chamber’s highest penalty and requires a two-thirds vote, a far steeper threshold than censure or a referral to the House Ethics Committee, which is why Mace’s latest push looks as much like political pressure as a bid for an outcome that is actually attainable.

Mace, a South Carolina Republican, introduced the expulsion resolution on April 20, 2026, after saying Mills had been under House Ethics Committee scrutiny since August 2024. Her office accused the Florida Republican of beating women, cyberstalking women, lying about his military service and using his congressional seat to enrich himself. The move followed months of escalating intraparty conflict over how far the House should go before it acts on misconduct claims.

The ethics panel has already set up an investigative subcommittee to examine whether Mills failed to disclose required information, violated campaign finance laws tied to his 2022 and 2024 campaigns, improperly solicited or received gifts, received special favors because of his office, engaged in sexual misconduct or dating violence, or misused congressional resources or status. The committee also said that creating the subcommittee does not itself mean any violation occurred and that it would not release documents at this stage.

Mace’s office tied the expulsion drive to a Feb. 19, 2025, call to D.C. police at Mills’s residence, where a 27-year-old woman reported an assault. Police documents reportedly described visible bruising, and investigators found probable cause for a misdemeanor assault arrest warrant. Her office also cited a separate July 2025 report from a second woman who said Mills threatened to release intimate videos and harm future romantic partners.

The new resolution comes after Mace’s earlier censure effort failed to break through. In November 2025, the House voted 310-103 to send that resolution to the Ethics Committee instead of taking public floor action, a sign that many lawmakers preferred the slower, quieter route of investigation over immediate punishment. Mace had also sought to strip Mills from the House Foreign Affairs and House Armed Services Committees, but that effort was blocked.

Mills has denied wrongdoing and said the allegations would be proved false. Still, the politics around him have worsened as the ethics fight has expanded to other lawmakers and as reports showed his campaign had raised just under $75,000 in the quarter, spent $32,000 on attorneys, and carried about $2 million in debt with less than $116,000 in cash. Kat Cammack has indicated she would support ousting Mills, but expulsion remains an unusually high bar. In a House that often prefers censure, committee referrals or slow-walking ethics cases, Mace is forcing a far sharper question: how much misconduct can the GOP tolerate before its own rules demand removal?