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Rep. Cory Mills Faces Eviction Over $85,000 in Unpaid Rent

Eviction stems from $85,000 in unpaid rent, following the collapse of the investment fund behind his defense companies, under the scrutiny of a House Ethics Committee probe into his federal contracts.

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Overview

  • Eviction papers filed July 14 in D.C. Superior Court allege Mills owes $85,000 in back rent on his Washington penthouse.
  • Lease records show Mills was warned of nonpayment in January and made late or no payments from March through July.
  • Investors were informed earlier this month that the fund supporting his private defense firms has failed and will be shut down, leaving the companies insolvent.
  • Mills’s businesses, Pacem Defense/ALS and Pacem Solutions, secured nearly $1 million in federal weapons and munitions contracts between early 2023 and mid-2024.
  • The House Ethics Committee is investigating potential conflicts of interest over his firms’ federal contracts during his congressional tenure.