Washington, D.C., is buzzing after local police hit a wall in their attempt to arrest Florida Representative Cory Mills, a staunch Republican, only to be rebuffed by the acting U.S. Attorney—an official who’s publicly branded himself one of “Trump’s lawyers.” The standoff has ignited a firestorm of questions about political influence, justice, and what really went down in a luxury D.C. penthouse last week.
The drama kicked off on February 19 when D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department sought a warrant to arrest Mills, tied to an alleged assault reported by a 27-year-old woman at his upscale Wharf-area apartment. Details are hazy, but police reports obtained by outlets like NBC4 paint a messy picture: an “emotionally charged” encounter, bruising the woman blamed on eczema and jet lag from a Dubai trip, and a call where Mills allegedly coached her to downplay the marks. Officers who met her later at a hotel lobby described her as “shaking and scared.” Yet when the warrant landed on the desk of Ed Martin, the interim U.S. Attorney for D.C., he sent it back unsigned, citing a need for more investigation. Now, the case is tangled up in an internal affairs probe, and Mills isn’t in custody.