Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) will be evicted from his Washington, D.C., apartment after failing to pay several months’ rent, records show.
Journalist Roger Sollenberger first reported Monday that Mills’s landlord filed papers in court to evict him after alleging he failed to pay $85,000 in rent since March. According to the landlord’s ledger, Mills had been paying his monthly rent 18 times late, and he’s paid over $850 in late fees over the course of his stay.
Mills told Sollenberger that he hadn’t paid his rent since March because his online payment link had broken. He elaborated in a post on X, providing images of him inquiring about a fix in June and early July.
“I know facts are unusual and unfamiliar thing for you, but here’s just the past two months where you can see I’m repeatedly asking for payment links, and again, as I tried with management today, it failed to process,” he wrote.
“Error code 108 typically indicates an issue with the Windows Installer Service, often meaning another installation is already running. It can also be related to bank connectivity problems in financial software,” he quoted a notice as saying, then dismissed Sollenberger as a “biased hack!”
“Congressman Cory Mills has been in contact with his landlord from the beginning, attempting to resolve their payment link issue so he can pay his bill,” a spokesperson told the Washington Examiner in a statement.
Documents showed that Mills paid $20,800 monthly for the Maryland Avenue penthouse apartment. The location is one of the most sought-after in the district, with a central location, and the website boasts that it possesses all “the services and amenities of a world-class hotel.”
Mills has also been suffering from other financial troubles in recent years. His company’s lender announced that its investment fund had failed and would be shutting down due to crippling debt.
The House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into the Florida Republican in March after a report from the Office of Congressional Conduct found that alleged weapons contracts held by his company could violate specific rules.
“The Board recommends that the Committee further review the above allegation concerning Rep. Mills because there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Mills may have entered into, enjoyed, or held contracts with federal agencies,” the OCC wrote in its report.
Mills expressed optimism that the case would find no wrongdoing on his part.
CORY MILLS UNDER HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION FOR ALLEGED FINANCIAL VIOLATIONS
“Congressman Mills is committed to complying with all laws and ethics rules and is pleased that the Federal Election Commission recently dismissed a complaint with similar allegations,” a Mills spokesperson wrote to the Washington Examiner. “We trust the House Ethics Committee will come to a similar conclusion.”
Ross O’Keefe contributed to this report.