{"id":2596730,"date":"2026-04-29T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-accuses-cory-mills-of-stolen-valor-in-hegseth-hearing\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:31:34","slug":"nancy-mace-accuses-cory-mills-of-stolen-valor-in-hegseth-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-accuses-cory-mills-of-stolen-valor-in-hegseth-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Mace accuses Cory Mills of stolen valor in Hegseth hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-mace-accuses-cory-mills-of-stolen-valor-in-hegseth-hearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2596730&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) used her brief time during Pete Hegseth\u2019s House armed Services Committee hearing to accuse Rep. Cory mills (R-FL) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ive-been-with-some-of-you-when-weve-been-shot-at-biden-revives-story-of-being-under-fire\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019ve Been With Some Of You When We\u2019ve Been Shot At\u2019: Biden Revives Story Of Being Under Fire\">stolen valor<\/a> rather than\u95ee any questions about the hearing topics. She said she introduced documents intended to contradict Mills\u2019s claims about his military service, including an alleged timeline issue involving a Bronze Star, and she also referenced an image she claimed involved Mills.<\/p>\n<p>Mace said she views stolen valor as especially serious as she recently buried her father,a combat veteran,and she argued that dishonesty about service by someone <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >claiming military honors dishonors<\/a> those who served and died. After making her remarks, she praised Hegseth and moved on without further questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Mills is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-already-having-to-deal-with-ethical-headache-created-by-kamala-harris-niece-report\/\" title=\"White House Already Having To Deal With \u2018Ethical Headache\u2019 Created By Kamala Harris\u2019 Niece: ...ort\">facing ethics<\/a> and political pressure amid allegations of domestic abuse and sexual misconduct, with Mace among the Republicans calling for his resignation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-mace\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2548\">Nancy Mace<\/a> (R-SC) used her time during War Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1991\">Pete Hegseth\u2019s<\/a> hearing before the House armed services committee to accuse Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) of stolen valor.<\/p>\n<p>While Hegseth\u2019s hearing was characterized by continued sparring with Democratic lawmakers over the war in Iran and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-withholds-150m-of-ukraine-aid-amid-tensions\/\" title=\"...ort: Biden withholds 0M of Ukraine aid amid tensions\">military budget<\/a>, Mace used her five minutes to take things in a completely different direction. She didn\u2019t present any questions to Hegseth; instead, she devoted her time to denouncing Mills and commemorating her father.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4547636\/johnson-house-spy-tool-farm-bill-budget-bill\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Johnson eeks out win after House advances spy tool, farm bill, and budget bill<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4547806\/democrats-fight-supreme-court-voting-rights-case\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats ready to fight after Supreme Court strikes down voting rights case<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4547542\/democrats-pam-bondi-epstein-depositions-contempt-of-congress\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Dems plan to hold Bondi and others who skip Epstein depositions in contempt<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI request unanimous consent to enter a number of documents into the record, the first of which is a statement from \u2026 Cory Mills, first sergeant, stated that his forms and accounts of his military service are falsified,\u201d she began.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Mace then introduced several documents into the record, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-metoo-allegations-that-have-fallen-apart\/\" title=\"10 MeToo ... That Have Fallen Apart\">including evidence contradicting<\/a> his wartime claims. One allegedly showed Mills wearing a Bronze Star before he was ever awarded one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just buried my father on Thursday, Mr. Chairman. My father died with shrapnel in his body. He had three tours of combat \u2026 I take stolen valor seriously because we have men and women in uniform that have given their lives, and an individual that steals the stories of dead soldiers or injured soldiers have no right to serve in this body, let alone on this committee. And so I take it very seriously,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Mace also showed a picture of Mills with an alleged Russian prostitute.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Nancy Mace enters a series of documents and allegations against Rep. 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He is under a House ethics probe, leading to increasing calls for his resignation. Mace has been at the forefront of GOP calls for his resignation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy Mace used her five minutes at Hegseth\u2019s hearing to accuse Cory Mills of stolen valor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2596731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mace-mills-new-collage-e1777484080125.jpg?1777471479&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39530,48513,35392,5894,37357],"class_list":["post-2596730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cory-mills","tag-hegseth-hearing","tag-nancy-mace","tag-politics","tag-stolen-valor"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mace-mills-new-collage-e1777484080125.jpg?1777471479&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2596730"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2596734,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596730\/revisions\/2596734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}