An attorney for the woman granted a restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) said she hopes he is removed from public office, and hinted that he might face future criminal charges.
Bobi J. Frank represents Mills’s ex-girlfriend, Lindsey Langston, a Florida Republican state committee member who was crowned Miss United States 2024. Langston’s request for a protective injunction from harassment from Mills was granted by a Florida county judge on Tuesday.
“I hope to see both parties come together and excuse Mr. Mills from public office. This is not a Republican or a Democrat issue,” Frank said in a press conference from her law office on Wednesday, with Langston by her side.
“Quite frankly, I think Mr. Mills needs to stop aligning himself and each of his public statements with our president, President Trump, and trying to persuade the masses that this is just a political hit campaign on him. It’s clear as day that Cory Mills is synonymous with unethical behavior. This is not an isolated incident,” Frank said.
Frank said that Mills wore his congressional pin on his lapel while in court.
“I’m not certain how in politics today that can be tolerated in any fashion. I don’t think that the Republicans nationally, state and locally are going to tolerate this type of behavior,” she said.
So far, Republican leaders in the House are showing no interest in disciplining Mills.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) called Mills a “faithful colleague” in a Wednesday press conference marking the 15th day of the government shutdown, saying he had not looked into the details surrounding the situation and that the House Ethics Committee may take a look at the matter.
“Let’s just talk about the things that are really serious,” Johnson said in response to a reporter’s question about Mills.
Langston accused Mills of threatening to release intimate videos of her and threatening to harm any other men she may date. Mills said the videos she was referring to were not intimate ones, but the court said it found that testimony to be untruthful and irrelevant to the matter of whether a restraining order should be granted.
Their breakup came after Langston saw news reports in February 2025 that police were investigating a physical altercation between Mills and another girlfriend in his Washington, D.C., residence, court records show. Both Mills — who is married to another woman — and the alleged victim later denied that a physical altercation took place. The police department transmitted a report to the U.S. attorney’s office, but Mills was not prosecuted and the matter is no longer being investigated.
Asked about the possibility of Mills facing criminal charges in Florida, Frank said: “There’s certainly the evidence there to pursue criminal charges. I would suspect that this isn’t the last time you’re going to hear about this.”
In addition to seeking the protective order, Langston sat for an interview with the Columbia County, Fla., sheriff’s office describing what she said was harassment from Mills. That incident report was released earlier this year.
The county sheriff’s office forwarded the report to state authorities at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). FDLE confirmed it had received the incident report from the county but said it “does not comment on any active inquiries or investigations.”
Anthony Sabatini, another Florida attorney who informally worked with Langston and ran against Mills in a 2022 congressional primary, previously told The Hill that Langston had sat for an interview with FDLE.
Mills is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for an unrelated matter regarding campaign finance statements.
Frank said she had not been contacted by the Ethics panel, but that she and Langston “are more than willing to cooperate.”
Two Democrats, Reps. Yvette Clarke (N.Y.) and Greg Casar (Texas), had introduced resolutions to censure Mills — amounting to a formal reprimand — as a way to combat GOP-led censure resolutions against Democratic Reps. LaMonica McIver (N.J.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.). But when those censures failed, Clark and Casar dropped their efforts to reprimand Mills.
Mills was the last-minute deciding vote that resulted in the resolution to censure Omar failing, with only four other Republicans voting with all Democrats to table it. Mills denied his vote had anything to do with the retaliatory censure threat.
Under the protective order, Mills is not permitted to contact Langston or go within 500 feet of her residence or place of work until Jan. 1.
The Hill reached out to Mills for comment on Tuesday.
Langston, in a brief statement, said she is relieved the order was granted.
“I do feel that justice was served, and I can’t even describe the relief that I felt once I got the phone call that I had been issued the injunction for protection,” Langston said. “I felt like I’m able to live my life again. And I hope that it serves as a clear message to victims, whether it be physical violence, intimidation, threats, coercion, anything like that.”
“I don’t think it’s a gender-specific issue. I don’t think it’s a party-specific issue. It can happen to anyone. If you are a victim, I hope that you come forward,” Langston said. “I hope that you stick to your guns, be thorough, be truthful and have faith in the justice system, because it is there to protect you. There are laws in place to protect you. Know your rights and have courage.”
Asked about the possibility of extending that Jan. 1 expiration date, Frank said: “I will say that if Mr. Mills chooses to take even one step — performs one act that is harassing, threatening or intimidating in any fashion — we will react swiftly and severely.”
