Body Cam Footage Shows DC Police Wanted to Arrest Treasure Coast Congressman Cory Mills

A Washington, D.C., police officer caught on body camera footage said his superiors were downgrading a domestic assault call involving U.S. Rep. Cory Mills to a "family disturbance" — and investigators had dispatched a transport vehicle to arrest the Florida congressman before pulling it back, according to new reporting from the Washington Post.

The footage, reviewed by the Post and published Saturday, shows officer Richard Mazloom venting his frustration to the alleged victim in the case.

"Unfortunately, I have bosses that are making this into a family disturbance — a domestic disturbance — instead of an actual domestic assault," Mazloom told her, according to the Post.

Mills, a Republican who represents Florida's 7th Congressional District — which includes portions of St. Lucie and Brevard counties — was not arrested that night. No charges were filed after the alleged victim, Sarah Raviani, a co-founder of Iranians for Trump and an Iranian American political organizer, chose not to press charges. Raviani has since criticized what she described as the politicization of the incident. Metropolitan Police referred the case to the U.S. Attorney's Office, which did not pursue charges.

The February 19 call came at 1:15 a.m. from an apartment Mills and Raviani shared in Washington at the time.

The new body camera detail adds a significant layer to a story that has shadowed Mills for months and has now converged with a broader House reckoning over member conduct. The same week the Post published its report, Mills was confronted in a Capitol hallway by NewsNation reporter Joe Khalil and asked to respond to comparisons with U.S. Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales, both of whom resigned this week amid separate misconduct scandals.

Mills rejected the comparison flatly.

"I don't even fall into the category of Swalwell and Gonzalez," he told NewsNation. "One, I'm not married, so there's one thing. Two, I've never sexually harassed and or had any complaints by any staffers or interns on the Hill. It's just not even a fair comparison. This is obviously a political Democrat tit for tat."

Mills was, in fact, married during both the Raviani incident and a subsequent allegation — though he has said he was legally separated. A divorce was finalized earlier this year.

The second allegation involves Lindsey Langston, a Columbia County Republican state committeewoman, who has said she was living with Mills in New Smyrna Beach and ended the relationship after learning of Raviani. Langston alleged Mills later threatened to distribute intimate photos and videos of her. A judge issued a restraining order against Mills in connection with that matter. Officials said

Mills remains under investigation by the House Ethics Committee — covering the domestic allegations with both Raviani and Langston, as well as separate accusations that he profited from defense contracts while serving in Congress and exaggerated his military service record. Officials said

Fellow Florida Republicans have not stayed quiet. U.S. Reps. Anna Paulina Luna of Pinellas County and Kat Cammack have both said publicly that House leadership has shielded Mills from censure proceedings to protect a razor-thin GOP majority — currently 217-213 following the Gonzales and Swalwell departures.

The Sentinel contacted Mills' district office Friday seeking comment on the body camera footage and the Ethics investigation. No response was received before publication. Officials said

The pressure on Mills now comes from multiple directions: new documentary evidence reported by a national outlet, calls from within his own party for accountability, and an Ethics panel probe with no announced timeline for resolution. Whether House leadership continues to hold the line against censure — and whether Treasure Coast constituents begin applying their own pressure — remains the central question heading into the coming weeks.

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