Police in Washington, D.C. are investigating Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., over an alleged assault that occurred this earlier week. According to a police report obtained by USA TODAY, officers responded to an apartment complex in Washington around 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday after officers were called to the area for a reported assault.

Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and the alleged victim at the center of an assault investigation by Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) are both denying that a “physical

Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican, was booked with simple assault on around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. MPD arrested the congressman at an apartment unit on Maryland Avenue Southwest. "This is an active criminal investigation and there is no further information on the case to provide at this time," Police spokesman Tom Lynch said.