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FILE - Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., participates in a discussion about Israel at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Ethics panel opens investigation of Rep. Cory Mills as he faces censure vote

The House Ethics Committee has announced that a panel will conduct a wide-ranging investigation into Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla. The investigation announced Wednesday will include whether he violated campaign finance laws, misused congressional resources and engaged in sexual misconduct or dating violence. Mills, now serving his second term, was ordered last month by a Florida judge to have no contact with his ex-girlfriend and to not go within 500 feet of her residence or where she works. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace has introduced a resolution that would remove Mills from the House Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. It will force a vote in the coming days.

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