GOP Rep. Cory Mills of Florida is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District Columbia for allegedly assaulting an individual, the police department told CNN.

D.C. police confirm they are investigating an alleged assault by Florida Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican representing a district northeast of Orlando, calling it an active criminal investigation.

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