'May never result in charges': Trump’s top prosecutor won’t sign arrest warrant for GOP rep



Police in Washington D.C. reportedly tried to arrest a Republican member of Congress for an alleged act of domestic violence, but U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is apparently not signing the arrest warrant.

That's according to a Monday article by NBC 4 Washington, which reported that an arrest warrant for Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) was sent back to D.C. Metropolitan Police unsigned. According to the report, Martin – who is the Department of Justice's top prosecutor in D.C. — said the case merited "further investigation" after declining to sign the warrant.

NBC 4 noted that in the police report, an unidentified 27 year-old woman who was not Mills' wife accused Mills of assaulting her at his apartment. The alleged victim said Mills "grabbed her, shoved her and pushed her out of the door" and showed responding officers bruises that officers on the scene described as "fresh."

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The alleged victim's police report also describes a phone call in which she "let officers hear [Mills] instruct her to lie about the origin of her bruises … Eventually, [Mills] made contact with police and admitted that the situation escalated from verbal to physical, but it was severe enough to create bruising." When officers encountered the alleged victim in the lobby of a nearby hotel, they noted that she was "shaking and scared."

Once police informed Mills that he would be arrested, the alleged victim is said to have recanted her allegations, including where her bruises came from. A subsequent police report described the incident not as an assault but as a "family disturbance." And a third police report reclassified the incident as an "assault" but clarified it was still "under investigation."

NBC 4 reported that the Metropolitan Police Department sent the arrest warrant for Mills to Martin's office, though Martin apparently refused to sign it. His office would only say that it "does not comment on uncharged cases."

"Sources familiar with how cases are handled say this type of back-and-forth is not uncommon and may never result in charges," NBC 4 reporters Ted Oberg, Mark Segraves, Paul Wagner and Rick Yarborough wrote.

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Martin is a 2020 election denier and longtime far-right activist who President Donald Trump officially selected as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, after naming his as interim U.S. attorney after his second inauguration. Martin was previously a defense counsel for participants in the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Earlier on Monday, his office sent a tweet accusing the Associated Press of "refus[ing] to put America first." He also referred to U.S. attorneys as "President Trumps'[sic] lawyers," though he was fact-checked by an X community note that read: "The DOJ is not the personal law firm of the President."

Mills, who was elected in 2022, is married and has two children. In a statement, the Florida Republican maintained his innocence.

"This week, law enforcement was asked to resolve a private matter at Congressman Mills’ residence," the statement read. "Congressman Mills vehemently denies any wrongdoing whatsoever, and is confident any investigation will clear this matter quickly."

Click here to read NBC 4's report in its entirety.

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