Republican accused of making $1M selling guns to federal prisons while sitting in Congress

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) is facing an investigation from the House Ethics Committee, Politico reported on Thursday.

A new report released by the Office of Congressional Conduct detailed “substantial reason to believe that Rep. Mills may have entered into, held, or enjoyed contracts with federal agencies while serving in Congress.”

Specifically, Mills and his wife own two entities titled “Pacem Defense/ALS” which have "received nearly $1,000,000 for munition and weapons for prisons, the report found," while "Another entity, Pacem Solutions, entered into a contract with the federal government last May for about $11,600."

If true, this would mean Mills is being paid to provide weapons to federal prisons at the same time he is a member of Congress with power to legislate policy over the types of weapons those prisons are required to buy and have the funding for. Ethics rules prohibit members of Congress from holding contracts with the federal government, to prevent these kinds of conflicts of interest.

"Mills did not cooperate with the investigation, the report said, but OCC’s board recommended that the Ethics Committee issue him a subpoena to compel his participation," said the report.

This comes after police opened a criminal investigation into Mills for allegedly assaulting a woman at an upscale D.C. penthouse, a charge he categorically denies.

Ed Martin, the partisan GOP operative President Donald Trump installed as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has already signaled he is not interested in pursuing that case, leading to a firestorm of outrage and allegations that allies of Trump are effectively being held exempt from prosecution for criminal allegations.