Rep Mace Accuses Mills of Stolen Valor Over Falsified Military Records

A fierce political battle erupted on Capitol Hill this Wednesday between Republican Representatives Nancy Mace and Cory Mills. The weeks-long feud intensified during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the military budget. Mace, who represents South Carolina, demanded unanimous consent to enter documents proving Mills lied about his military service. She introduced a statement from Mills' first sergeant attesting that his records were falsified. Mace accused her colleague of stolen valor, claiming anyone who steals stories from dead or injured soldiers has no right to serve. She also presented evidence regarding an Imam who officiated Mills' wedding and previous allegations of sexual misconduct.

Mills faces a 2025 police report accusing him of grabbing and shoving a woman before pushing her out of his apartment. Mills denies these claims, calling the original allegation patently false. During his own questioning, Mills entered evidence including his DD-214 and verified awards to prove his innocence. He told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the truth matters and apologized for the necessary correction of the record. Despite Mace filing a resolution to expel Mills, she has not yet requested a vote on the matter.

The bipartisan House Ethics Committee has formed a subcommittee to investigate claims against Mills. The inquiry remains ongoing as lawmakers weigh the seriousness of the allegations. Mills told NewsNation earlier this month that he does not belong in the same category as Eric Swalwell. He noted he is not married and has never faced complaints from staffers or interns. Mills dismissed the scrutiny as a political, Democratic tit-for-tat. Swalwell recently suspended his campaign amid sexual assault accusations while apologizing for past mistakes. Meanwhile, Texas Republican Tony Gonzales abandoned his re-election bid after an admitted affair with a subordinate who later took her own life.

Two lawmakers were forced out by their own party leadership, yet the fallout has rippled far beyond those specific departures. Representative Matt Gaetz's allies have now turned their sights on Representative Mike Rogers and Representative Bill Flores, who face a mounting list of accusations ranging from the misuse of campaign money to purchase private jets, to evictions in their Washington DC homes, to alleged assaults on women, and to inflating their military service records.

The pressure mounted this month when Representative Nancy Mace, a South Carolina congresswoman running for governor, took to X to demand a "house cleaning." She called for the immediate resignations of Representatives Mike Rogers, Bill Flores, and former Representative Ashley Abbott, as well as Representative Matt Gaetz. While Abbott, Flores, and Gaetz have already stepped down, Representative Mike Rogers has denied all wrongdoing. As the debate over further resignations continues, it threatens to erode the already slim Republican majority in the House, a margin that only grew slightly following the initial three departures.

The turmoil surrounding Rogers intensified further when his longtime Chief of Staff and General Counsel, Catherine Treadwell, resigned earlier this month. In her farewell message, she left no room for doubt, stating plainly, "The horrors persist, but I do not."

In response to the controversy, Rogers filed a resolution to expel Representative Nancy Mace from the House. Such a move would make history, as only six members in the United States have ever been expelled from Congress, with the most recent case being New York Republican George Santos in 2023.