U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno has been subpoenaed over her daughter’s divorce from U.S. Rep. Max Miller

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno was served with a subpoena Monday in the messy divorce between his daughter, Emily Moreno Miller, and U.S. Republican Rep. Max Miller.

The subpoena asks Bernie Moreno to appear at the office of Max Miller’s attorney, Larry Zukerman, on November 6 at 10 a.m. — the morning after the high-stakes election between Bernie Moreno and incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Cleveland.

It also asks Bernie Moreno to provide all documents and records he has, showing the attorney fees paid on behalf of his daughter for the divorce, related to the purchase of the Westlake home where she currently lives, and the amounts he has transferred to her over the past three years. years. His wife, Bridget, received a similar summons requesting an appearance at noon on November 4, the day before the election.

Cleveland.com has reached out to Bernie Moreno’s Senate campaign and Emily Moreno Miller’s attorney for comment on the subpoenas.

Earlier this month, Max Miller filed a discovery request asking his estranged wife to admit that their August 2022 prenuptial agreement stated her net worth was $122,500, without any strings attached, and he chuckles about mentioning her worth between $2.5 million and $8.5 million in 2023. The U.S. House of Representatives financial disclosure report, filed on August 5.

“Admit that you allege that your net worth increased by more than $2,000,000 between August 11, 2022 and August 5, 2023,” according to Miller’s discovery request.

The August financial disclosure report shows that Emily Moreno Miller owns a 24% stake in several Moreno family companies, including Hyperbole Investments, LLC, valued between $1 million and $5 million; Butterfly Properties NYC, LLC, valued between $500,000 and $1 million; Kylo Properties LLC, valued between $250,000 and $500,000; Pangolin Properties LLC, valued between $100,000 and $250,000; and Aguila Calva Properties Ohio LLC, valued between $100,000 and $250,000.

Those marital investments also appeared in Max Miller’s 2022 financial disclosure report.

In addition, that discovery request asked her to admit that she “or an individual or entity” acting on her behalf purchased a home in Westlake on July 1 without notifying Max Miller; that she took their baby, two dogs, with her. and her belongings from their marital home on August 1 “without informing the plaintiff and without any intention of returning” and that the next day she sent a moving van to their marital home to collect more household items, including baby care items, to remove.

Emily Moreno Miller opposed her husband’s motion for solo parenting of their child last month, in legal filings alleging he made numerous false claims in his legal papers.

“Plaintiff’s attempt to denigrate his wife with numerous falsehoods in a public filing is shameful,” her previous legal brief said. “Unlike Plaintiff, Ms. Miller chooses not to make false allegations about her husband and then include those allegations in a public document.” The letter did not specify which of Miller’s claims it disputes, but said falsehoods “will be discussed more specifically at a hearing on this matter.”

The legal letter states that Emily Moreno Miller “has many concerns about her husband’s decision-making and personal life choices.” Contrary to accusations Miller had made in previous legal documents, the letter stated that Moreno Miller “left the marital home for her own safety, security and well-being and that of their baby.”

Max Miller filed for divorce on August 27, two years after he married Emily Moreno at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Their wedding featured a reception speech by Donald Trump, for whom Max Miller worked as a senior adviser during Trump’s presidency.

The divorce filing comes three years after Max Miller’s ex-girlfriend, former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, wrote in the Washington Post that her relationship had become physically abusive. He sued Grisham for defamation in a Cuyahoga County case, which was dismissed in August 2023.

Max Miller, a member of the family behind the real estate company Forest City Enterprises, is currently seeking his second term in Congress. Emily Moreno Miller briefly served as chair of the Cuyahoga County Republican Party’s executive committee last year. Previously, she worked on the presidential campaigns of Trump and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, as well as U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

The couple met while they were both working for Rubio’s 2015 presidential campaign, but reconnected when they became neighbors in Washington, D.C., and began working for Trump’s second presidential campaign.

Sabrina Eaton writes about the federal government and politics in Washington, DC, for cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.