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Max Miller says ex-wife needs to be asked ‘tough questions’ on abuse claims while he’s ‘punching bag’
Embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller complained Tuesday that he is being used as a “punching bag” over his ex-wife’s claims that he abused her and their toddler daughter, arguing that she deserves the same level of scrutiny about the allegations.
During an appearance on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” on Tuesday night, Miller claimed he was cleared after police and child protective services investigations into the allegations lobbed by Emily Moreno, the daughter of Republican Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno.
“My case is much different than everyone else that has been laid out before. Yes, I have tangible evidence, and I also have investigations that have cleared me of every single thing that you have mentioned,” Miller said of the alleged incidents that Tapper brought up during the interview.
“I hope that you and the rest of the media do the same amount of digging as you are into me, as you will into those other two,” Miller told Tapper, referring to Emily Moreno and Stephanie Grisham, President Donald Trump’s former press secretary who also claimed Miller was abusive during their relationship. Grisham filed a restraining order against Miller following the allegations.
“Throughout this process, objectively, how come people aren’t asking the tough questions out of them? I mean, it’s been a free runway of just me being a punching bag without articulating my point and presenting the evidence …," Miller said.
Tapper explained to the congressman, who has resisted calls to abandon his re-election campaign and resign, the distinction.
“They’re not accused of physically abusing you. I mean, it’s pretty simple,” Tapper said.
President Donald Trump, who has not called on Miller to step down, warned the Ohio congressman that he is polling badly in light of the allegations.
Miller called the allegations an “extreme fabrication of the truth,” vowing to continue to campaign for re-election.
“And look, at the end of the day, I’m going to continue to push. I am going to win this race, and my daughter will see that her father is gonna be back in there” in the House, the congressman told Tapper. “And then when I come back next term, my hope is you and I can have other conversations that will be a lot better than this about how we can move our country forward.”