GOP Rep Max Miller pushes back against abuse allegations: ‘I have nothing to hide’

Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, went live on X Sunday morning, denying allegations from his ex-wife that he abused her and their daughter.

"They frame me as an abuser," Miller said, saying there is "no evidence" against him.

"No court or agency has even substantiated any allegation against me," he added. "Every single one of these allegations were already investigated."

Miller insists that there is evidence that undermines the allegations against him, and that he will release communications in a public Dropbox folder that he says support his innocence.

"I have nothing to hide," he said.

Faced with a narrow path to winning control of the U.S. House, Democrats are seeing fresh opportunity in a northeast Ohio congressional seat where the Republican incumbent is facing mounting pressure over allegations that he abused his ex-wife and daughter in a bitter and drawn-out dispute with his former spouse.

Allegations against Miller, a White House adviser during President Donald Trump's first term, have been public for years but have recently drawn increased media scrutiny amid an escalating legal back-and-forth with his ex-wife, who is the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio. That has Democrats sensing Miller could be vulnerable in a district he won two years ago with just over 51% of the vote.

Over the past week, they have called for Miller to resign, requested a congressional ethics investigation and suggested more help could be directed in the fall toward his Democratic opponent, union ironworker Brian Poindexter. Miller has denied the abuse allegations and filed defamation lawsuits against his ex-wife and a second accuser.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.