Rep Nancy Mace files motion to expel Rep Cory Mills from Congress

FIRST ON FOX: The House will see a rare expulsion vote this week after Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said she would ask Congress to remove an embattled Republican.

Mace introduced a petition to expel Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., Monday evening, and a chamber-wide vote will be held later this week.

Mace’s resolution, first obtained by Fox News Digital, accuses Mills of misrepresenting his military service, sexual harassment, campaign finance violations and illegally attending federal conventions as a member of Congress, among other charges.

The expulsion move comes after NOTUS reported On Monday, Mills was drafting a similar resolution to remove Mace from the chamber.

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A spokesman for Mills did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Mace’s expulsion or the status of the congresswoman’s measure targeting Mace.

“As a survivor, I will always stand up and right the wrongs of others,” Mace, who is running for governor of South Carolina, wrote on social media Monday. “He’s only coming after me because he knows it’s his turn.”

Mills has faced numerous scandals recently. threatening ex girlfriend Revenge porn after the breakup and a separate alleged assault last year in Washington, D.C., to which law enforcement responded.

He denied any wrongdoing and was not charged with any crime. Mills is seeking a third term in the House of Representatives this November, and President Donald Trump has endorsed her re-election campaign.

It’s unclear whether Mace’s decision would clear the two-thirds threshold required to expel a member of Congress.

Rep. Nancy Mace previously filed a resolution of censure against House Republican Rep. Cory Mills, but that resolution failed. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images/David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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Lawmakers in both parties have largely refrained from calling for Mills’ removal, but many have expressed concern about the serious allegations against him.

“If there is evidence of criminal misconduct and abuse of power, I apply the same standard to every member of Congress, whether Democrat or Republican,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital last week when asked if she would support expulsion of Mills.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., is also expected to face an expulsion vote Tuesday if she does not resign.

The House Ethics Committee is expected to recommend the proposed penalty against Cherfilus-McCormick for violating more than two dozen ethics rules at a hearing Tuesday afternoon. He also faces a separate federal criminal allegation.

Reps. D-Calif. Eric Swalwell and Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, resigned last week to avoid impending impeachment votes, but both scandal-plagued lawmakers were likely at greater risk of being successfully unseated by their colleagues. Swalwell was accused of sexual harassment by at least five women, while Gonzales admitted to having an extramarital affair with an employee who later died by suicide.

Former Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, and Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla. and Cory Mills, R-Fla., faced allegations of misconduct during their time in office. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images; Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

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The upcoming impeachment vote is not the first time Mace and Mills have clashed in the House.

Mace’s effort to condemn Mills and his removal from two committee assignments were overwhelmingly rejected by the House in November 2025. More than 300 lawmakers voted to send the matter to the House Ethics Committee, which is also investigating Mills for domestic violence and misrepresenting his military service, among other allegations.

House GOP leadership continued to stand by the embattled Florida Republican.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who called on lawmakers to allow Ethics Committee proceedings to proceed as normal before taking punitive measures, told reporters last week that he would “look into” the matter. Status of Mills probe.

The House Ethics Committee released a statement Monday saying the investigation into Mills, which began in November 2025, is still ongoing. The investigation involved “sexual misconduct and/or dating violence,” the panel said.

The traditionally secretive panel did not specify a timeline for when it plans to complete the probe.