Support a vote to expel Rep. Cory Mills if the Ethics Committee completes its investigation and issues a report.

Byron Donalds · Florida · Republican

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But we've got to make sure you go through the due process parts of this first

Donalds said he would back an expulsion vote only after due process, including an Ethics Committee investigation, is completed.

Rep. Donalds to Newsmax: Lawmakers Deserve Due Process
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Donalds said he would support a vote to expel Mills following an Ethics Committee investigation.

Donalds said he would back expulsion only after the Ethics Committee finishes its investigation and reports its findings.

Rep. Donalds to Newsmax: Lawmakers Deserve Due Process
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Evidence

The House Ethics Committee said it had named the investigative subcommittee for Rep. Cory Mills and would make no further public comment under committee rules. The statement also said a second OCC referral would be included in the subcommittee inquiry.

Official record shows the Mills ethics matter was still in investigative stage and not completed, which leaves no ethics report to trigger the claimed vote condition.

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Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Cory Mills - House Committee on Ethics
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The report said the House Ethics Committee was still investigating Cory Mills over allegations of sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations, and that Mills denied wrongdoing and declined to step down. It did not identify any completed report or House expulsion vote.

As of the lookback window, the committee investigation was still ongoing and no report or expulsion vote had been issued, so the claim remains unresolved.

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Sexual misconduct scandals in Washington spark scramble for reforms, expedited investigations - Los Angeles Times
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The House Ethics Committee said it was reviewing an Office of Congressional Conduct referral concerning Representative Cory Mills and would refrain from further public statements pending completion of its initial review. The committee published the OCC report and Mills's response, but this was not a completed House Ethics Committee investigative report.

Official record shows the Mills matter was still under committee review in March 2025; the claim's condition, a completed Ethics Committee investigation and report, had not yet occurred.

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Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Cory Mills - House Committee on Ethics
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The House Ethics Committee voted to establish an Investigative Subcommittee for Representative Cory Mills to examine possible violations involving disclosures, campaign finance, gifts, special favors, sexual misconduct and/or dating violence, and misuse of congressional resources or status. The committee said no documents would be released at that time.

Official record shows the investigation was opened but not completed in November 2025, leaving no final report or triggered expulsion-vote condition.

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Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Cory Mills - House Committee on Ethics
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The committee named members of the Mills Investigative Subcommittee and said a second Office of Congressional Conduct referral received on December 22, 2025 would be included in the inquiry. It also said no other public comment would be made except under committee rules.

The January 2026 official update confirms the Mills ethics case remained in the investigative-subcommittee stage and had not produced a completed report.

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Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Cory Mills - House Committee on Ethics
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The committee said the Mills Investigative Subcommittee had authorized more than 20 subpoenas, collected thousands of documents, contacted dozens of witnesses, expected more documents and testimony in the coming weeks, and would publicly release findings according to House and committee rules.

This is the strongest official evidence as of May 11, 2026 that the investigation was ongoing and the committee had not yet issued final findings or a report, so Donalds's conditional promise was not yet testable.

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Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Cory Mills - House Committee on Ethics
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The House Ethics Committee reports archive listed its recent committee reports, with the visible latest entries including reports dated July 25, 2025 and January 2, 2025; it did not list a Cory Mills committee report or any 2026 Mills report in the visible archive.

The official reports archive provides additional evidence that no final House Ethics Committee report on Mills had been posted by the relevant assessment date.

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Committee Reports Archives - House Committee on Ethics
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The report said Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a resolution to expel Cory Mills, but also reported that the House Ethics Committee had not yet released findings in the Mills probe and that expulsion would require a two-thirds House vote.

Secondary reporting confirms an expulsion push existed before committee findings, but because the Ethics Committee had not completed and reported its investigation, this did not satisfy Donalds's conditional promise.

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Nancy Mace introduces resolution to expel Cory Mills from Congress: 'Protected for far too long'
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Assessments

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The promise is conditional on the House Ethics Committee completing its investigation of Rep. Cory Mills and issuing a report. The official committee updates through May 11, 2026 show the Mills matter was still in the investigative-subcommittee stage, with subpoenas, document collection, witness contacts, and expected further testimony still ongoing. The committee reports archive and secondary reporting do not show a completed Ethics Committee report or a subsequent qualifying expulsion vote. Because the triggering condition has not occurred, Donalds's promise is not yet testable rather than delivered or failed.

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