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The Daily Beast reports:
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. declined to sign an arrest warrant sent to them by local police for a Republican congressman who happens to be an ally of President Donald Trump, according to a new report. Florida Rep. Cory Mills is under investigation for an alleged assault against a 27-year-old woman in D.C.—though questions have arisen in recent days about the circumstances surrounding the authorities’ response.
The decision raises questions about why the U.S. Attorney’s Office made the decision to refuse the case. Ed Martin, the Trump appointee who has been the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia since Trump took office, has made a series of unusual statements. On Monday, he even suggested in a statement that federal prosecutors serve as the president’s personal attorneys.
Washington DC’s NBC affiliate reports:
D.C. police told News4 the focus of the internal investigation is why officers made no arrest and why the incident was reclassified as a family disturbance and not an assault.
In a statement, the department told News4, “Once MPD leadership became aware of this matter there was an immediate review of our initial response to ensure all procedures were followed. MPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau is currently investigating this matter.”
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser told News4 an internal investigation is underway into “making sure that all of our members did what they’re supposed to do, according to MPD policy.” She said she couldn’t immediately comment on the investigation into Mills or the police reports.
Talking Points Memo reports:
There’s a big, big scandal brewing beneath the already big scandal of the alleged assault by Florida congressman Corey Mills (R). But as yet no one seems inclined to pull on the dangling thread. As you’ve probably already seen, Mills is accused of assaulting a woman, who is not his wife, at his home in Washington, DC.
DC’s Metropolitan Police Department thought it was serious enough to send to U.S. Attorney’s Office, which handles both federal and “local” crimes in Washington, DC, a warrant for Mills’ arrest. But as Politico puts it, “that warrant was never signed.”
But at least on the basis of the evidence suggested in press reports, it seems highly likely that a physical altercation took place, and that it was one that left this woman visibly bruised.
Family values advocate Mills is married with children.
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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) February 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM