{"id":1532,"date":"2026-07-28T00:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2026-07-28T00:15:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T00:15:56","slug":"max-miller-allegedly-assaulted-his-wife-republicans-dont-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1532","title":{"rendered":"Max Miller Allegedly Assaulted His Wife. Republicans Don’t Care"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tRepublican lawmakers are maintaining a practiced silence in the face of new misconduct allegations against one of their own. Rep. Max Miller<\/a> (R-Ohio) has been \u2014 not for the first time \u2014 in the crosshairs of domestic abuse allegations brought forth by a former partner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn June, police footage related to a child custody dispute between Miller and his ex-wife Emily Moreno \u2014 the daughter of Republican Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno \u2014 was obtained by CNN<\/a>. The footage, which documents a February interview between Moreno and Bay Village, Ohio, police, includes allegations that Miller abused Moreno. Moreno claimed that Miller had once held a gun to her head during an argument, and of physical abuse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe controversy<\/a> around comes after a string of high-profile political misconduct scandals have roiled campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterms, resulting in the resignations of Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) from the House, and the suspension of Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner\u2019s campaign in Maine amid allegations of sexual assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRepublican leadership, however, has so far deflected and ignored the allegations against Miller. Last week, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was asked by a reporter about the allegations against both Miller and Rep. Cory Mills \u2014 who faces allegations of both campaign financial fraud and\u00a0being involved in a physical altercation<\/a> with a woman February 2025. Police were called but Mills was not arrested.<\/p>\n

\n\tJohnson dismissed the question. \u201cThe key word there is \u2018allegation,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Q: Dems ditched Graham Platner after sexual assault allegations. Two members of your conference \u2014 Max Miller and Cory Mills \u2014 face domestic violence allegations. Why keep them in your conference?<\/p>\n

MIKE JOHNSON: The key word there is ‘allegation’ pic.twitter.com\/gCC0MStrzX<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\tEarlier this month, during a Fox News segment<\/a> discussing the allegations against Platner, political strategist and former Kamala Harris adviser Mike Nellis got into it with fellow guest, podcaster Rich Zeoli, about why the party held a separate standard for its own members.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe topic today is Graham Platner,\u201d said Zeoli, even though Miller is also a candidate up for reelection this November. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about Graham Platner, if we want to do another segment on the congressman you\u2019re bringing up or the candidate\u2014\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tNellis cut him off. \u201cYou let me know when we\u2019re going to book a segment on Max Miller, because I haven\u2019t heard a lot about it through Republicans,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tEven Senator Moreno, whose daughter is alleging the abuse by Miller, has been largely silent about the situation. In May, in response to Miller accusing Moreno\u2019s daughter of defamation, the senator told reporters<\/a> that the \u201conly comment\u201d he would make was that he loved his daughter, and that her and his granddaughter\u2019s safety were his top priority. Senator Moreno has seemingly refrained from making any additional statements regarding the dispute between his daughter and his Republican colleague, and has not called for Miller to resign or be expelled from the House.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe allegations described by his daughter are incredibly disturbing. In the police interview, a tearful Moreno describes an incident in which she had been changing their then-infant daughter\u2019s diaper at night. Miller allegedly became angry when she turned on the lights to better see, and yelled at her before pointing a gun at her head.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tShe described other incidents in which Miller had allegedly been physically abusive towards her, even while they were living separately. In one incident where Moreno came to Miller\u2019s residence to pick up their daughter for a birthday party, she told police that Miller became upset and accused her of \u201ctaking away his parenting time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cHe threw me into the\u202fwall\u202fand I fell on the ground,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn March of this year, Ohio Department of Children and Youth became suspicious as to how Miller\u2019s then-two-year-old daughter had broken her collarbone. Per Mother Jones, both Miller and Moreno said they did not know<\/a> how their daughter had been injured, but Miller theorized that it could have come from a seatbelt. Investigators weren\u2019t sure. On a Zoom call between DCFS workers and a physician, one participant \u201cadvised the injury would have required a high degree of impact to occur.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tUltimately, the county\u2019s investigation didn\u2019t turn up enough evidence to say the child had been neglected or abused. But one document reported by Mother Jones quoted Moreno as saying her daughter once told her: \u201cDaddy\u2019s house is scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMoreno requested a restraining order against Miller earlier this year, after petitioning to have her custody agreement with the sitting member of Congress reevaluated by the court. Miller filed a defamation case against his ex-wife in May, alleging that she is mentally ill and suffers from bipolar disorder (a claim Moreno\u2019s attorneys deny).<\/p>\n

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\n\tMiller\u2019s chaotic personal life also extends beyond his relationship with his ex-wife. In early July, Miller\u2019s ex-girlfriend, former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, accused<\/a> Miller of breaking a confidentiality agreement they had made while settling an earlier defamation case. Grisham and Miller\u2019s history is messy. They dated from 2019 to 2020, and first came into legal conflict when Miller sued Grisham for defamation after she published a book which alleged that an ex-boyfriend who worked in the White House (a description that fit Miller) was physically abusive.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe GOP has always been good at letting allegations like this slide. Politicians getting away with monstrous interpersonal behavior is nothing new, but as the GOP seeks to slam Democrats nationwide with the allegations against former Senate candidate Graham Platner, it\u2019s particularly striking that they seem disinterested in credible abuse allegations within their own base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n