D.C. police sought to arrest Rep. Cory Mills after assault call, records show

D.C. police were about to arrest Rep. Cory Mills (R-Florida) after a woman accused him of assault last year, but a lieutenant ordered them not to when she changed her account after appearing to talk to the congressman, according to body-camera footage and documents obtained by The Washington Post.

The next day, police reversed course, asking then-interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, an appointee of President Donald Trump, to sign off on a warrant to arrest Mills, a request the prosecutor denied.

The Feb. 19, 2025 incident is part of a broad House Ethics Committee investigation into Mills, now seeking a third term with Trump’s endorsement.

The body-camera footage and documents show that Richard Mazloom, the police officer who first responded to the accuser’s 911 call, disagreed with his superior’s decision to classify the incident as a “family disturbance” after the woman recanted and said Mills had not assaulted her.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/04/18/cory-mills-dc-police-assault-call/