GOP congressman facing eviction blames broken payment links for $85K in unpaid rent

Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) claims a faulty payment portal has prevented him from paying $85,000 in rent for his penthouse apartment – as he faces possible eviction.

The congressman’s luxury Washington, DC, apartment overlooking the Potomac River comes with a hefty $20,833 per month price tag. 

The penthouse level of his building offers residents “access through private elevators for discrete comings and goings,” “captivating views in every residence,” “bold Italian cabinetry,” “Calacatta quartz countertops” and the services and amenities “of a world-class hotel,” according to the website.  

The building was once home to former President Joe Biden’s granddaughter, Naomi.

Mills’ landlord contends Florida’s 7th District rep hasn’t paid his rent since March, documents filed last week in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia show. 

“I know facts are unusual and unfamiliar thing for you,” Mills wrote on X Monday, in a fiery response directed at Daily Beast reporter Roger Sollenberger, who first reported on the eviction case, “but here’s just the past two months where you can see I’m repeatedly asking for payment links and again as I tried with management today, it failed to process.”

Mills’ tweet included screenshots of two emails he sent to his landlord on June 17 and July 3, reporting that the link he has “does not work.”

The lawmaker argued that the error code he’s receiving, which he also included a screenshot of, is indicative of a problem on the landlord’s end. 

Mills went on to describe Sollenberger as a “biased hack!” 

The landlord’s ledger, included in the eviction documents, shows Mills has been late on his rent more than a dozen times since June of 2023, when he first moved into the swanky building. 

A spokesperson for Mills did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. 

The congressman’s office told the Washington Examiner that Mills “has been in contact with his landlord from the beginning, attempting to resolve their payment link issue so he can pay his bill.” 

An initial hearing date in the eviction case has been set for September.