Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) praised Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) as a “faithful colleague” Wednesday but suggested the Ethics Committee will investigate him after a Florida judge issued a restraining order against Mills over allegations that he threatened a former girlfriend.

"I have not heard or looked into any of the details of that. I've been a little busy,” Johnson told reporters in the Capitol, where he’s been throughout the government shutdown. “We have a House Ethics Committee. If it warrants that, I'm sure they'll look into that.”

Pressed on the issue, Johnson deferred to Mills.

“You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague here. I know his work on the Hill. I don't know all the details of all the individual allegations, and what he's doing — things outside

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