Rep. Max Miller says he wanted the public to see evidence proving that allegations against him are false.

What he released instead has intensified a political and personal scandal involving accusations of domestic violence, drug use and harm to a child.

The Ohio Republican and former Trump White House aide published an enormous collection of private material Sunday as he fought to rescue his reelection campaign.

The files reportedly included police reports, court records, medical information, photographs of his two-year-old daughter and recordings of deeply personal conversations with his former wife, Emily Moreno.

Miller said his attorneys had prepared and reviewed the documents. He invited the public to examine them and insisted they established his innocence.

But the decision to expose so much of his daughter’s private life produced immediate condemnation.

“No loving parent would have ever used their daughter as a PR pawn to save their own political career,” a spokesperson for Emily Moreno said.

Her father, Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio, was even more direct.

“If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them,” the senator wrote. “He should not serve in the House of Representatives.”

Miller categorically denies abusing his former wife or their daughter. He has sued Emily Moreno for defamation and argues that the allegations are false, politically motivated and contradicted by official records.

One document he released reportedly showed that county investigators did not substantiate child-abuse allegations connected to his daughter’s fractured collarbone.

That finding is significant and must not be ignored.

It does not, however, resolve every allegation surrounding Miller’s behavior or explain why sensitive information involving a toddler needed to be distributed publicly during an election campaign.

One recording focused on a 2024 encounter involving hot water.

Emily Moreno alleges in court filings that Miller threw hot water from a pan at her and continued spraying her with water from the kitchen sink after she told him she intended to leave.

Miller describes the incident as horseplay.

In an accompanying video statement, he said the kitchen tap could not produce boiling water and maintained that he never intended to hurt her.

But in a recorded conversation released by Miller’s own team, he can be heard acknowledging the incident while disputing its intent.

“It was never done to hurt you,” he said.

Moreno responded that throwing hot water was not playful and recalled Miller becoming emotional afterward and saying he had not meant to hurt her.

The exchange does not constitute a judicial finding of abuse. It does reveal a profound disagreement over an incident Miller acknowledges occurred in some form.

Other conversations addressed needles Moreno said she found near their bed.

Miller initially denied that the needles belonged to him but discussed having used testosterone-replacement therapy. The existence of prescribed or medically supervised treatment would not, by itself, establish illegal drug use.

The documents also contained statements attributed to the couple’s young daughter and reports describing troubling language she allegedly used about her father.

Children that young can repeat words without understanding them, and isolated statements require careful professional evaluation. Publishing them online does not establish what occurred inside the family.

That is precisely why critics say the materials belonged with courts, investigators and child-welfare professionals—not a mass social-media audience.

The most damaging issue may therefore be Miller’s method of defending himself.

Personal information about his daughter reportedly appeared with inadequate redactions, including private medical details and sensitive images. Miller’s attorney later accepted responsibility for accidentally releasing one photograph and described it as a redaction error.

By then, the files had reportedly been viewed or downloaded thousands of times.

Bernie Moreno said it was “horrific” to watch an innocent two-year-old become trapped in a public political battle.

ABC News reported that the senator believes Miller should no longer serve in Congress, while Miller argues Moreno is intervening for political reasons.

The scandal has now moved beyond a private dispute.

The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation into whether Miller may have engaged in domestic violence, abuse or illegal drug use. An investigation does not presume guilt, and Miller says he welcomes the inquiry as an opportunity to clear his name. The Associated Press reported the committee’s announcement and Miller’s denial.

Republican lawmakers have also begun supporting calls for his resignation.

President Donald Trump has stopped short of abandoning his former aide.

“So far, it’s accusations,” Trump initially said, promising to examine the matter. He later called Miller a “good person” while saying the families should resolve the dispute.

Behind the scenes, however, Trump reportedly warned Miller that his reelection prospects were deteriorating.

Miller remains defiant.

“I’m not getting out of this race,” he declared. “I’m winning in November.”

That vow explains the political urgency surrounding the document release.

Miller is not merely defending himself in a courtroom or custody proceeding. He is attempting to persuade voters that he remains fit to represent them in Congress.

But the strategy may have created a new question that no medical report or recorded argument can answer.

How much of a child’s privacy should a politician be willing to sacrifice to preserve his own power?

Miller released the files because he believed they would save his campaign.

Instead, they revealed how far he was prepared to go to keep it alive.