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Max Miller’s lawyer takes the blame for releasing sensitive photos of congressman’s child.

Max Miller’s lawyer takes the blame for releasing sensitive photos of congressman’s child.
Rep. Max Miller leaves a House Republican conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 19, 2024. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

An attorney for Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is taking responsibility for releasing sensitive photos of the congressman’s young daughter amid allegations of domestic abuse from his ex-wife.

On Tuesday, Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, accused the congressman of disseminating the daughter’s name and one image that “could be considered Child Sexual Abuse Material” in a trove of documents he released on Sunday to clear his name.

In a statement, Miller’s attorney, Aaron Minc, took responsibility for the photo being released and called it “completely unintentional and a mistake.”

“I am solely responsible for what happened,” Minc said in a statement. “I was the only person responsible for assembling, creating, reviewing, adding, deleting, redacting, or making any changes to the information and files that were in this folder.”

Minc added that “Ms. Moreno and her counsel have decided to make a media spectacle regarding this unfortunate mistake and attract media attention to this incident as a means to try to gain leverage in court and distract from the underlying evidence that exonerates Mr. Miller from the false allegations he is accused of, and we are attempting to fight on his behalf.”

Emily Moreno told police last week that Miller “threw her against the wall, which resulted in an obvious grab mark on her upper arm” and had previously “held a gun to her head” and threw hot water on her. Moreno also said Miller broke his daughter’s collarbone.

Miller has denied the allegations and is suing Moreno for defamation.