ELEVATOR EVASION

MAGA Rep Makes Bonkers Claim About Why He Missed $80K in Rent on Luxury Penthouse

Florida firebrand Cory Mills says “Error Code 108” ate the rent at his D.C. apartment with a “discrete” elevator—while his landlord wants him and his boxes packed by fall.

The advert for the luxury sky-high Washington D.C. apartment rented by Congressman Cory Mills boasts: “EXPERIENCE PRIVACY LIKE NEVER BEFORE… Residences in the Penthouse levels offer access through private elevators for discrete comings and goings.”

Which may have proved handy for MAGA firebrand Rep. Cory Mills, who has avoided his landlord while racking up $80,009 in missed payments—and now faces eviction.

Bozzuto Management’s lawsuit, filed July 9 in D.C. Superior Court, alleges the Florida Republican skipped four $20,833-a-month payments and asks a judge to boot him or funnel future checks into escrow, as first reported on X by former Daily Beast journalist Roger Sollenberger. A remote eviction hearing is set for Sept. 8.

While that private elevator would be handy for dodging process servers, Mills insists he’s the real victim, claiming cyberspace ate his money. Every attempt to pay detonated, he says, with a mysterious “Error 108.”

In a fiery X post, Mills griped to Sollenberger: “I know facts are unusual and unfamiliar thing for you, but here’s just the past two months where you can see I’m repeatedly asking for payment links… it failed to process.”

Bozzuto’s ledger tells a less technical tale: Mills has rung up 18 late-fee hits and was warned in January—when he already owed $18,000—that legal action was coming if he didn’t square up, according to Florida Politics.

But rent drama is only the newest item in an ever-growing roll-call of shame for the Donald Trump supporter, who is in his second term.

The same apartment was where, back in February, Mills’ 27-year-old girlfriend accused him of shoving her, before later calling it a “misunderstanding,” as the pro-Trump U.S. attorney’s office let the paperwork die. Mills denies any wrongdoing.

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The Daily Beast has contacted Mills for comment.

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