Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, on Sunday stated his former son-in-law Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, “shouldn’t serve within the Home” over allegations of home abuse made by Miller’s ex-wife Emily Moreno, who’s Bernie Moreno’s daughter.
Miller, who’s working for reelection, has denied the allegations and has sued his ex-wife for defamation.
In a put up on X Sunday, Bernie Moreno wrote, “If there are any fundamental requirements of character required to carry elected workplace, Max Miller fails them. He shouldn’t serve within the Home of Representatives.”
Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, attends the Methods and Means Committee listening to on the priorities of the Treasury Division on June 4, 2026, the place Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified.
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Police experiences obtained by ABC Information present that Emily Moreno alleged a number of incidents of bodily violence throughout their marriage and divorce proceedings.
In his Sunday put up, Bernie Moreno wrote that he had “hoped to maintain this matter personal however Max Miller’s more and more erratic and harmful conduct has made that inconceivable.”
Miller replied to Moreno’s put up, saying “If my daughter stated the identical factor to me, I personally would not wait two years earlier than holding him accountable. this is not true and the one motive you might be talking out now’s to cover from your personal media circus. That is all political.”
Requested about Emily Moreno’s allegations, Miller’s workplace directed ABC Information to a previous social media put up wherein it stated, “The details converse for themselves: the court docket has continued to allow him joint custody of his youngster. If there have been credible proof supporting these outrageous accusations, that merely wouldn’t be the case. Congressman Miller will proceed to vigorously defend his status in opposition to false and reckless allegations designed to inflame public opinion relatively than replicate actuality. This narrative has gone on lengthy sufficient.”
Earlier Sunday, Miller addressed the allegations in opposition to him in a reside X video, vowing to stay in his race and win his November election. Miller went via every allegation in opposition to him, categorically denying them and importing court docket paperwork that he says exonerate him to a publicly out there dropbox.
“This election is simply extra about profitable a seat in November for the Republican Get together, this election to me is about my household and about our daughter and holding our values right here and holding the media and different people accountable who’ve been extremely reckless,” Miller stated within the video.
The allegations come amid Miller’s reelection bid in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District, which is seen as a protected Republican seat, and have led to calls from some Democratic members of Congress for an ethics investigation and his resignation.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, speaks to reporters throughout a vote within the Senate Chambers within the U.S. Capitol Constructing on July 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C.
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Miller, a former Trump White Home aide, was married to Emily Moreno from 2022 to 2024 and the 2 have a 2-year-old daughter.
Within the police experiences, Moreno informed law enforcement officials that Miller “threw her in opposition to the wall, which resulted in an apparent seize mark on her higher arm” and had beforehand “held a gun to her head” and threw sizzling water on her. In line with the police report, Moreno additionally recounts her youngster telling her “Daddy kill you.”
Moreover, the report reveals Moreno informed the police that her daughter acquired bodily accidents whereas in Miller’s care.
Miller was by no means charged with against the law and the Division of Youngsters and Household Companies didn’t discover proof to substantiate allegations of kid abuse, in keeping with data launched in court docket filings.
Miller denies abusing his spouse or daughter. In a defamation lawsuit in opposition to his ex-wife, he has argued that this can be a “repeated sample” of false accusations by his spouse meant “to break my status, acquire an edge in custody and litigation issues, and search revenge.”
Then-Rep.-elect Max Miller, R-Ohio, arrives for brand new member orientation check-in and program registration with Emily Moreno in Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2022.
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Former White Home press secretary Stephanie Grisham alleged in her 2021 memoir that she had been bodily abused by her associate whereas working on the White Home. She later recognized that man as Miller in a Washington Publish op-ed. She claims that she informed White Home officers on the time concerning the alleged abuse they usually did not take motion.
The White Home declined to touch upon allegations of abuse by Miller in direction of Grisham or Moreno.
In July, Grisham sued Miller, saying he violated the phrases of their settlement when discussing their case in his denials of Moreno’s allegations. In line with Grisham’s criticism, their settlement prohibited both social gathering from making disparaging statements.
Editor’s observe: This story has been up to date.
