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Embattled Central Florida Congressman Cory Mills is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to reports from MS Now<\/a> and ABC News.<\/a><\/p>\n

The focus of the probe is unclear, though a source told MS Now that the FBI contacted at least one person last year about the Republican Congressman\u2019s finances, allegations of misconduct and \u201cindividuals in his orbit.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a phone call with MS Now, Mills said he didn\u2019t know anything about the justice department investigation, telling a reporter, \u201cThis is the first I\u2019m hearing about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later Mills posted on X to decry the reports of a DOJ investigation as \u201ca desperate lie\u201d pushed by political opponents and the news media. He reiterated he wasn\u2019t aware of any such probe and said he would \u201cwould fully cooperate\u201d if there were one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have nothing to hide,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, he told The Floridian, an online political publication, that he had not been approached by either the justice department or the FBI and, given the upcoming August primary, thought the accusation \u201cis more about political propagandized lawfare than it is actual facts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mills, who is running for re-election this year to represent the Congressional District 7, which includes all of Seminole County and the southern half of Volusia County, was already the subject of a House ethics investigation and has been accused of misrepresenting his military record, engaging in unethical business dealings, assaulting a girlfriend and stalking an ex-girlfriend. Colleagues from both sides of the aisle have called on the congressman to resign. He has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

Mills, who is seeking his third term in Congress, also told MS Now the justice department probe shouldn\u2019t be related to potential campaign finance violations because the Federal Election Commission already dropped an investigation into him on that subject.<\/p>\n

Later Mills posted on X about the reports of a justice department investigation, decrying them as \u201ca desperate lie\u201d pushed by political opponents and the news media. He reiterated he wasn\u2019t aware of any such probe and said he would \u201cwould fully cooperate\u201d if there were one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have nothing to hide,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

One of his three Republican opponents in the Aug. 18 primary, Ryan Elijah, called for the two-term congressman to drop out of the race on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new DOJ investigation, along with the House Ethics Committee investigation, makes it impossible for him to deliver for the people of Seminole and Volusia counties,\u201d Elijah wrote on X.<\/p>\n

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