The six major flashpoints of the Max Miller controversy

• The allegations come ahead of the midterms and have thrown Miller's reliably red district into chaos.
• Miller's office did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment Wednesday.

State of play: Though GOP voters seem reluctant to abandon Miller, Trump told him that his campaign could be in trouble, Axios' Alex Isenstadt and Marc Caputo report.

• House Democrats are privately discussing whether to push for Miller's expulsion.

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The allegations against Miller

Miller's ex-wife, Emily Moreno, has accused the congressman of threatening and abusing her and their daughter, Axios' Andrew Pantazi reports.

• Moreno has alleged that her daughter's collarbone was fractured while the child was in her father's care.
• Miller has denied causing the injury, arguing the bruising resembled marks from a car-seat strap.

Stephanie Grisham, former White House press secretary, filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to block Miller from violating a previous settlement.

• Grisham wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post in 2021 that mentioned an abusive ex-boyfriend. Miller sued her for defamation.
• According to Miller's lawyers, the case was dropped after the two "agreed to refrain from making disparaging public statements about one another."

Miller faced multiple arrests in his youth, including at least one involving violence, per multiple reports.

Moreno recounts stuffed-animal incident

Moreno's father, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), has denounced Miller as a "danger" and unfit for office.

• He's also accused Miller of emotional cruelty, telling reporters of an incident where Miller held his daughter's stuffed animal hostage. Miller denied the allegations.
• Moreno also called the entire situation "truly the seventh level of hell."

Miller calls for his own ethics probe

On Tuesday, Miller said he would request an ethics investigation into himself amid the allegations involving his ex-wife.

• The House Committee on Ethics leadership said it also planned to review allegations that Miller "may have engaged in domestic violence and abuse or illegal drug use."

Miller called for the probe after a lawyer for his ex-wife called for him to explain why a sensitive photo of their now 2-year-old daughter was included in a document dump shared on social media.

• His ex-wife's attorney wrote in a letter that the photo "could be considered Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) because the daughter's genitals appear to be visible," per multiple outlets.

• Those documents also repeatedly named his daughter and provided an address for Emily Moreno and Miller's daughter.

CNN interview with Jake Tapper

Miller was interviewed by CNN's Jake Tapper Tuesday afternoon in a wide-ranging conversation in which the Ohio lawmaker dismissed many allegations against him.

• He also doubled down on his decision to stay in the heated Ohio race, pointing to Trump's presidential campaigns as a reason why.
• "People in the media, very much like yourself and others, said that he would have no shot at winning, that he should not be the president of the United States. But guess what? He stayed in, and he was resilient."

Miller pushes Trump-centric defense

On Wednesday morning, Miller doubled down on his comparison to Trump in an interview with Newsmax.

• "Everyone came out with allegations. Dozens of women, dozens of crazy allegations, dozens of nasty criminal misconduct. And you know what he did? He stayed in the fight."

Miller makes allegations against Moreno family

Miller has also been making accusations about the Moreno family, telling Newsmax that Bernie Moreno offered his daughter $5 million to leave the family. Sen. Moreno has denied the allegations.

• Miller also made claims about his ex-wife's mental health, which her attorneys denied.

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