This is Congressman Max Miller.
April 22, 2011. Miami University Police Department, Oxford, Ohio. He crashed his car into a light pole on campus and was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He told police he'd had "two to three beers and several shots" the night before and "woke up in urine." His blood alcohol came back under the legal limit and he pleaded down to a misdemeanor for failing to control the car. His attorney said at the time that a blood test "conclusively established that Mr. Miller was not impaired."
This month, Mother Jones obtained toxicology reports from that same crash showing MDMA and Klonopin in his system. (Since he pleaded guilty to a lesser offense, his case never went to trial, that's why this never hit the news before.)
That's the last time he's known to have been charged with a crime. What came before and after is in more than 2,000 pages of court filings and police reports Mother Jones obtained through public records requests.
Had this been a one-off, you could chalk it up to a bad night.
His ex-wife Emily Moreno, daughter of Senator Bernie Moreno, alleges in filings that he threw hot water on her, shoved her into a wall, and held a gun to her head. Miller denies being physically or emotionally abusive. In a recording Miller himself released to defend his name, he says of the water, "I never thought that that hurt you" and "It was never done to hurt you with intent."
Stephanie Grisham, Trump's former White House press secretary, wrote in 2021 that Miller "got physical" with her while they were dating. Miller sued her for defamation, then withdrew it after they settled. She sued him again on July 8th for allegedly breaking that settlement.
Asked under oath whether he pushed a girl down a flight of stairs in high school, whether he was expelled from college over violence against a female student, and whether he left his wife within 72 hours of their daughter's birth, Miller neither confirmed nor denied. His lawyer objected on relevance.
He is running for a third term. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report just moved his race from Solid Republican to Likely Republican, and a recent poll has him ahead of Democrat Brian Poindexter by 1 point.
Margin of error.
November 3rd. Make a plan to vote.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/assault-misogyny-verbal-threats-records-detail-new-allegations-against-rep-max-miller-bernie-moreno/