D.C. police have launched an internal investigation into the department’s handling of a Wednesday incident involving an alleged assault by Florida Rep. Cory Mills.
Metropolitan Police Department officers were called midday to a home in southwest Washington for a reported assault involving the use of force with hands or feet, according to a police report obtained Friday by POLITICO. A department spokesperson confirmed that Mills, a two-term Republican, is the alleged assailant.
No arrest was made, and the matter remains under investigation, a second police spokesperson, Tony Lynch, said.
Mills denied wrongdoing in a statement issued by his office Friday: “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.”
Lynch said the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau is separately probing how the incident was handled. WRC-TV reported Friday that an initial police report, which alleged that Mills “grabbed [the victim], shoved her, and pushed her out of the door,” was later changed twice to remove details of the allegations.
POLITICO has not independently reviewed the prior reports; the version provided by police Friday contained only basic information about the officers’ response.
The woman named in the report as the victim of the alleged assault said in a statement Friday that she “reached out to law enforcement to address a personal matter” and was “severely jet-lagged and sleep-deprived” at the time. POLITICO is withholding the name of the woman as a possible victim of domestic violence.
“While the personal matter in question was emotionally charged, there was no physical altercation,” she added. “This is a deeply personal matter that is being unfairly exploited for political purposes or other motives.”
Asked about the incident at a news conference Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she didn’t “know anything about a report being changed, so I can’t say anything about that.”
“I can confirm that there is an internal investigation on making sure that all of our members did what they were supposed to do according to MPD policy,” she said.
Mills, who is 44 and married, represents a central Florida district and has suggested he might run for the Senate in 2026. He would likely face off against GOP Sen. Ashley Moody, who was selected by Gov. Ron DeSantis last month to replace Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Meredith Lee Hill contributed to this report.
