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Scandal-plagued Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) lost his reelection bid in Florida's primary election on Tuesday, dealing a significant blow to President Donald Trump and his MAGA coalition.

The race was called by NBC News and the Associated Press

Mills, 46, ran for a third term in Florida's 7th Congressional District against three other Republican contenders, including popular conservative news anchor Ryan Elijah....

Roger Stone, who has influenced the Republican Party since Richard Nixon's presidency, has apparently pushed Republicans to remove Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) from office.

The longtime advisor to President Donald Trump reportedly told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that it was time for Mills to step down, The Daytona News Journal reported. While Democrats have led calls for Mills to resign or face expulsion, Stone has now publicly called for Mills to withdraw and leave Congress.

Stone has urged Mills to end his re-election bid or be expelled amid a special House ethics subcommittee investigation over sexual violence and/or dating violence against women. ...

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) on Thursday was hit with yet another report alleging reckless behavior, including hiring numerous sex workers.

The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday that it had opened an investigation into Rep. Mills over several issues, according to a new report. The following day, investigative political reporter Roger Sollenberger dropped a report of his own.

In a piece on Substack called "Sex Workers & A Secret Charity: The Story Of Cory Mills’s ‘F------ Bananas’ Afghanistan Mission," he reports, "The embattled Florida Republican’s political origin story is shrouded in its own scandal."...

An attorney for Lindsey Langston, the former girlfriend of Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), called for the lawmaker to be expelled from Congress after he was hit with a restraining order under Florida's "dating violence" law.

At a press conference on Wednesday, attorney Bobi Frank said her client hoped Mills would be removed from Congress.

"I hope to see both parties come together and excuse Mr. Mills from public office," Frank remarked. "This is not a Republican or a Democrat issue." ...

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) on Saturday accused fellow Republican lawmaker, Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), of "greatly exaggerating his military service."

Mace recently lashed out at Mills and accused him of privately threatening her, following the failure of her resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) earlier this week.

Over the weekend, Mace doubled down on her crusade, going back to 2020 when Mills publicly hit back at a critic, saying, "You clearly were not a JSOC/SOF member or you would realize our service is premised on our morals and values."...

Florida Rep. Cory Mills (R) is firing back at accusations he threatened to release nude photos and videos of a woman after she says she broke up with the married lawmaker, according to Politico.

Lindsey Langston, a Florida Republican state committee member and 2024 winner of the Miss United States beauty pageant, told police that following the break-up, "Mills contacted her multiple times threatening to release nude images and videos of them having sex, according to the report, which said she provided law enforcement with messages that allegedly backed up her claims."

Langston also told authorities that Mills "threatened to harm any of her future romantic partners," according to the police report obtained by Politico....