Scandal-plagued Republican accused by ex-wife of distributing 'illegal' photos of daughter

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is accused in a new court filing of distributing photos of his toddler daughter that may constitute child sexual abuse material.

Miller posted a public Dropbox folder on Aug. 2 to rebut domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH).

The Aug. 3 letter was sent by Emily Moreno's attorney, Subodh Chandra of Chandra Law, to Miller's attorney Aaron Minc of Minc Law, in the case Miller v. Moreno, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.

"Yesterday, you enabled your client, Congressman Max Miller, to share and disseminate to the public an electronic Dropbox folder of materials," Chandra wrote, as reported by New York Times congressional correspondent Annie Karni. "This was in conjunction with a video rant about our client, Emily Moreno, that Miller posted on X."

The first version of the folder contained private images of Miller and Moreno's daughter, with the child's name left unredacted, the letter says.

"At least one of those images could be considered Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) because the daughter's genitals appear to be visible," the filing says.

The post garnered over 204,000 views before images were removed from a second version of the folder, the letter says.

The filing asks whether the images were removed because someone "realized that it was ill-advised (and, in the case of the potential CSAM image, illegal) to share these images with the world."

"How many people accessed and downloaded the intimate image, and each of the other images of the child, including one in which her chest is exposed?" the letter demands.

"What are you going to do about this?" it closes.

Miller is seeking a third term representing Ohio's 7th District. He posted the Dropbox folder after domestic abuse allegations from Emily Moreno — who accused him of holding a gun to her head, throwing hot water on her, and fracturing their daughter's collarbone — became public, according to ABC News. Miller has denied all allegations.

Emily Moreno's father, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), said: "He should not serve in the House of Representatives." Several Republican senators, including Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), agreed. "He should resign," Marshall told Politico. "He should quit."

President Donald Trump publicly called Miller "a good person" but privately told him "things aren't looking good," three sources told Axios.

Republicans have until 4 p.m. Wednesday to remove Miller from the November ballot, under Ohio law.