{"id":1526751,"date":"2026-07-22T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=95ac0a78c644a08a1cc3eae44fbcb92d"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:14:41","slug":"doj-investigating-rep-cory-mills-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1526751","title":{"rendered":"DOJ investigating Rep. Cory Mills: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/265a3497-2199-43f1-a8eb-d8902513cb17\/mills-gty-er-260721_1784670668489_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=992\" alt\/><\/figure><p>(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department is investigating embattled Republican Florida Rep. Cory Mills, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.<\/p><p>The investigation is in part about his finances, according to sources. Mills' office did not respond to ABC News' request for comment.<\/p><p>MS NOW first reported the investigation.<\/p><p>Further details about the investigation were not immediately clear.<\/p><p>Mills was elected to the House to represent Florida's 7th District in 2022 and reelected in 2024. He serves on the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees.<\/p><p>Last November, the House Ethics Committee voted to establish an investigative subcommittee to examine allegations that Mills violated campaign finance laws and engaged in sexual misconduct and dating violence.<\/p><p>Regarding allegations of sexual misconduct, Mills issued a statement last year, before the ethics committee probe was lauched, stating in part: \"These claims are false and misrepresent the nature of my interactions,\" and he accused a former Florida primary opponent of \"weaponizing the legal system to launch a political attack against the man who beat him.\"<\/p><p><em>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(WASHINGTON) &#8212; The Justice Department is investigating embattled Republican Florida Rep. Cory Mills, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.The investigation is in part about his finances, according to sources. Mills&#8217; office did not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8929,"featured_media":1526800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/265a3497-2199-43f1-a8eb-d8902513cb17\/mills-gty-er-260721_1784670668489_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=992","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1502,1449],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-heads","category-abc-political-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-24 18:00:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/265a3497-2199-43f1-a8eb-d8902513cb17\/mills-gty-er-260721_1784670668489_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=992","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8929"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1526751"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1526801,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526751\/revisions\/1526801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1526751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1526751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1526751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}