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Trump calls Ohio Rep. Max Miller over abuse allegations as ex-wife seeks restraining order

Miller denies assault claims by ex-wife Emily Moreno and says he will not quit his reelection race

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Trump calls Ohio Rep. Max Miller over abuse allegations as ex-wife seeks restraining order

What this story says

  • President Trump called Rep. Max Miller on 29 July 2024 to express concerns about his reelection campaign amid abuse allegations by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno.
  • Miller denied the allegations and told Trump he would not drop out of the race, citing internal polling that showed him ahead.
  • Moreno has accused Miller of assault in court filings and police reports, including throwing her against a wall and causing their daughter a clavicle fracture.
  • Miller sought a restraining order against Moreno’s lawyer amid a custody dispute, while Moreno filed for a restraining order against Miller last week.

Who covered it

Left 56%(15)Centre 37%(10)Right 7%(2)

Percentages are shares of the 27 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 3 of the 30 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

65/100

Craft

55/100

Hype

35/100

30 sources · methodology

Missing from the right

Only 2 of the 27 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

President Donald Trump called Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller on 29 July 2024 to discuss his reelection campaign. The call followed allegations by Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, that he assaulted her and their two-year-old daughter. Two sources familiar with the conversation told CBS News that Trump raised concerns about the impact of the allegations on Miller’s campaign.

Miller denied the allegations and told Trump he would not withdraw from the race. He cited internal polling that showed his campaign in a strong position ahead of the November general election. CBS News reported that the polling had not been independently verified. Miller said in a statement that dropping out would validate what he called false claims and betray his constituents.

Moreno, the daughter of Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno, accused Miller in court filings and police reports of throwing her against a wall during a February custody exchange. She said the incident left their daughter with a clavicle fracture and a handprint-shaped bruise. Moreno also alleged that Miller threw hot water at her in 2024 and pointed a gun at her last year. She filed for a restraining order against Miller last week, alleging repeated physical and verbal altercations with her lawyer amid an ongoing custody dispute.

Miller denied the allegations in a livestream on X, calling them part of a pattern of false accusations timed to influence the custody battle. He pointed to an April letter from county investigators that closed a probe into abuse allegations involving his daughter, calling them unsubstantiated. Miller accused Moreno of defaming him and abusing their daughter herself. A spokesman for Moreno called Miller’s livestream shameful and said there was documented evidence of his violent behaviour.

What the coverage left out

No right-rated outlet ran this story at all. None of the digests or reports mentioned the restraining order filed by Stephanie Grisham, a former Trump administration press secretary, against Miller. CBS News was the only outlet to report on the nondisclosure agreement between Miller and Grisham and the lawsuit alleging its violation.

Coverage settled. We checked this 38 times and stopped on 10 Aug 2026, 01:45. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

15 rated outlets

  • The Mediaite digest led on Trump’s statement that the decision for Miller to drop out of the race was up to the families involved. It did not include details of the allegations by Moreno or the restraining order filings. The digest did not quote Miller’s denial or his livestream remarks.

Centre

10 rated outlets

  • CBS News led with Trump’s call to Miller and the concerns raised about his reelection campaign. The report included Miller’s denial of the allegations and his statement that he would not drop out of the race. It detailed Moreno’s accusations, including the assault claims and the restraining order filings. CBS News also reported on Miller’s livestream denial and his accusation that Moreno was abusing their daughter. The report quoted statements from Moreno’s spokesman and Sen. Moreno, who called for Miller to step down from Congress.

Right

2 rated outlets

  • All seven right-rated digests reported that Stephanie Grisham, former White House press secretary, filed a restraining order against Ohio Representative Max Miller on 29 July 2026. Six of the seven included that the request was announced by her attorney, Mark S. Zaid. None of the digests specified the grounds for the restraining order.
  • Four digests led on President Donald Trump’s call to Miller, in which Trump reportedly said Miller’s re-election prospects were poor. Voz.us, the New York Post, and Breitbart carried the phrase “things don’t look good” or “things aren’t looking good” as Trump’s words. None of the digests quoted Miller or Grisham directly.
  • Two digests, from USSA News and Bizpac Review, described Grisham as a “leftist turncoat.” None of the other five digests used a political label for her. None of the digests mentioned Miller’s ex-wife or daughter beyond the phrase “allegedly beating his ex-wife” in two outlets.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Trump calls Ohio Rep. Max Miller over abuse allegations as ex-wife…?
Of the 27 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 56% are rated left, 37% are rated centre, 7% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 30. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Trump calls Ohio Rep. Max Miller over abuse allegations as ex-wife… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 27 rated outlets on this story, 56% are rated left, 37% are rated centre, 7% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Trump calls Ohio Rep. Max Miller over abuse allegations as ex-wife… biased?
Trump calls Ohio Rep. Max Miller over abuse allegations as ex-wife seeks restraining order is one event reported by 30 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Trump calls Ohio Rep. Max Miller over abuse allegations as ex-wife…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Trump calls Ohio Rep. Max Miller over abuse allegations as ex-wife…?
30 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Trump say to Max Miller about the abuse allegations?
Trump called Miller on 29 July 2024 to express concerns about his reelection campaign amid abuse allegations by his ex-wife. Miller told Trump he would not drop out of the race, citing internal polling that showed him ahead. Trump later said the decision was up to the families involved, as reported by Mediaite.
What are the abuse allegations against Max Miller?
Emily Moreno, Miller’s ex-wife, accused him in court filings and police reports of throwing her against a wall during a February custody exchange, causing their daughter a clavicle fracture. She also alleged he threw hot water at her in 2024 and pointed a gun at her last year. Miller denies the allegations, as reported by CBS News.
Did any outlet report on Stephanie Grisham’s restraining order against Miller?
CBS News was the only outlet to report that Stephanie Grisham, a former Trump administration press secretary, had filed a restraining order against Miller. The report also mentioned a nondisclosure agreement between them and a lawsuit alleging its violation, but no other outlet carried these details.
Which outlets covered the story and which did not?
CBS News, rated centre, and Mediaite, rated left, ran the story, along with an unrated digest by WTX News. No right-rated outlet reported on the allegations or Trump’s call to Miller, as confirmed by the digests and reports available.

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