New reporting from the Plain Dealer exposes alleged domestic abuser Max Miller’s hypocritical calls for the “immediate removal of three colleagues who faced their own ethics committee investigations” just months before his own abuse allegations came to light.
Miller proclaimed in an April radio interview that “the misconduct doesn’t just harm individuals; it erodes public confidence in government.”
All three House members resigned before their ethics investigations concluded, but “that didn’t stop Miller from pronouncing the three lawmakers guilty,” stating they “need[ed] to be removed immediately.”
Miller said that discipline over misconduct is a non-partisan issue about “institutional integrity and not politics.” Meanwhile, Miller “is refusing to leave Congress as he, too, is under scrutiny and colleagues in both political parties.”
DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi:
“The damning allegations against Max Miller are as serious as it gets. His ex-wife has accused him of throwing scalding water on her, holding a gun to her head, and fracturing their daughter’s collarbone. Miller can keep clinging to his seat, but he can’t make these allegations go away in the eyes of voters come November.”
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Cleveland.com: Max Miller demanded ouster of colleagues over misconduct claims months before his own ethics probe
- Less than four months before the House Ethics Committee announced an investigation into domestic abuse allegations against U.S. Rep. Max Miller, the Bay Village Republican called for immediate removal of three colleagues who faced their own ethics committee investigations.
- “The misconduct doesn’t just harm individuals; it erodes public confidence in government,” Miller told radio host Jake Underwood on April 16.
- Now, Miller is refusing to leave Congress as he, too, is under scrutiny and colleagues in both political parties including both of Ohio’s GOP U.S. Senators – Jon Husted and Miller’s former father-in-law, Bernie Moreno – have sought his ouster for allegations against him.
- In the interview with Underwood, Miller took aim at Swalwell, who resigned after he was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, Texas Republican Tony Gonzales, who resigned after he admitted having an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.
- He also discussed Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who […] resigned less than a week after Miller spoke to Underwood.
- Miller now faces his own ethics investigation, one he says he sought. He also has said he has no intention of quitting his seat. Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, says he physically abused her and their toddler daughter.
- A statement from the ethics committee said it is “reviewing allegations that Representative Max Miller may have engaged in domestic violence and abuse or illegal drug use in violation of the Code of Official Conduct or any other applicable standard of conduct.”
- While the Ethics Committee had announced investigations into the sexual misconduct allegations against Swalwell and Gonzales, both left office before the investigations were done and no reports were issued. Similarly, after McCormick’s resignation, the panel canceled a meeting on whether to expel her.
- “They have had their time in the Ethics Committee and judicial process and the court of law of Congress,” he continued. “And they are all found guilty and need to be removed immediately.”
- Miller said Gonzales “should not have been able to hold his seat for as long as he did” because “the Speaker knew about his transgressions.”
- He described Swalwell as a “scumbag,” and claimed the media and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – who has denied knowing about Swalwell’s sexual misconduct – were aware of his behavior.
- Miller took a different view of the domestic abuse accusations levelled against him. In the Aug. 2 livestream, Miller said “too many reporters accepted accusations as fact before examining the evidence,” and the allegations by themselves were “enough to convict me in the court of opinion.”
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