By The scandals surrounding Republican Rep. Cory Mills have apparently reached the Justice Department.
Federal prosecutors are investigating the Florida congressman, with at least part of the inquiry reportedly focused on his personal finances, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
The Daily Caller writes that the investigation Monday, describing it as a criminal probe based on information from two unnamed sources. A third source told the outlet that FBI agents questioned at least one person last year about Mills’ finances, alleged misconduct and people associated with him.
Mills claimed he knew nothing about the investigation until a reporter contacted him.
“This is the first I’m hearing about it,” the congressman said.
Mills speculated that the matter could be connected to the extensive House Ethics Committee investigation already examining his finances, business dealings and personal conduct. He also argued that the campaign-finance component of the controversy had already been resolved.
“The FEC dismissed all the campaign stuff,” Mills added.
That dismissal has not ended the broader scrutiny.
The Office of Congressional Conduct previously found substantial reason to believe Mills may have omitted or misrepresented information in financial disclosures and raised questions about money he supplied to his congressional campaign.
The watchdog also reported that companies connected to Mills had obtained nearly $1 million in federal contracts for weapons and munitions while he served in Congress. House rules and federal law restrict lawmakers from benefiting from certain federal contracts. Mills has denied wrongdoing.
The reported Justice Department investigation is only the latest problem confronting Mills, whose political career has become increasingly defined by financial questions, personal allegations and open conflict with members of his own party. Previously Mills faced allegations from Lindsey Langston, the 2024 Miss United States and a Republican activist who previously dated Mills.
Langston accused the congressman of threatening to release sexually explicit videos and photographs after their relationship ended. She also alleged that Mills threatened men she might date in the future. Mills denied the accusations and described them as politically motivated.
A Florida judge later issued an injunction restricting Mills from contacting Langston, referring to her on social media or going within 500 feet of her home or workplace.
In February 2025, Washington police responded to an incident involving a woman who initially alleged that Mills had grabbed and shoved her. She later revised or withdrew portions of her account, and prosecutors declined to bring charges. The House Ethics Committee later emphasized that the decision not to prosecute did not amount to a finding of innocence or “no wrongdoing.”
The committee’s investigation has since grown substantially. Investigators said in May that they had authorized more than 20 subpoenas, collected thousands of documents and contacted dozens of witnesses as they examined Mills’ finances, business interests and personal conduct.
Mills has also faced a lawsuit from his former landlord, who alleged that the congressman owed more than $85,000 in unpaid rent on a luxury Washington penthouse. Mills’ office attributed the dispute to problems with the property company’s payment system.
The accumulation of controversies eventually spilled into open warfare among House Republicans. South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace sought to censure Mills and remove him from the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees. The House instead referred the matter to the Ethics Committee, allowing Mills to avoid an immediate censure vote.
Mace later went further, introducing a resolution calling for Mills’ expulsion from Congress and declaring that “the swamp has protected Cory Mills for far too long.”
The reported federal investigation could further weaken Mills as he heads toward a competitive Republican primary on August 18. He faces three GOP challengers and reported only about $81,000 in campaign cash at the end of the second quarter. Former Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson has also entered the race, hoping the mounting scandals have made the normally Republican-leaning district more vulnerable, turning it into a potential deciding factor for who controls the House of Representatives.
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