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I’m concerned about our staff and the way that they feel about this and the Senate staff,” said Sen. Cardin about the incident.
Cardin declined to mention any information about the staffer, including his relationship with him and his prior disciplinary history, stating he would “not comment on personal issues”.
I was disappointed.'
He went to label the ill-advised flick as 'a breach of trust.'
Asked about how he felt upon initially hearing the news of the ill-advised amateur film in Hart Senate Office Building Room 216 , Cardin conceded, 'I was angry. However, the question is any possible criminal charge," Turley wrote on his website.
According to Turley, the charges would hinge on whether the unofficial use of a Senate hearing room for the sexcapade would constitute trespass.
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Hours after the Daily Caller published the sex tape, Maryland Democratic Senator Ben Cardin's office announced a legislative aide had been dismissed but did not address reports linking the aide to the sex tape.
According to reports by conservative journalist Laura Loomer, the staffer reserved the room under Senator Cardin’s name. I’m concerned about our staff and the way that they feel about this and the Senate staff.'
The scandal, meanwhile, first erupted Friday, when the Caller published the clip with the blurred-out faces of the two men having sex in room 216.
The location, steeped in history, has played home to several high-profile hearings over the years.
It was the site of a series of Supreme Court Justice confirmation hearings that helped shape America's legal landscape, and was the venue for the 9/11 Commission.
But last week, it was the setting for something much less stately - a sordid sex scene filmed from one of the participants' POV.
The clip quickly made it rounds on social media, and people quickly began to peg Czeropski - who Cardin on Monday indicated has yet to apologize - as responsible.
Meanwhile, some lawmakers, mostly conservatives, were quick to issue critical statements. It explains, too, the vast interest in the recent sex scandal − and abuse allegations − linked to a Florida GOP power couple involved in a threesome.
"Queer people's sex lives and online behaviors are still considered 'deviant' in a society that at least pretends to value chastity, monogamy, and sex for procreation," Reynolds says.
No one can deny this latest buzzed about D.C.
scandal makes for juicy gossip, and as such it's not going away anytime soon, Reynolds suspects.
"Gay men's sexual freedom makes vanilla America both titillated and infuriated, which explains why the latest sex scandal in Congress feels like a car crash the public won't look away from."
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And experts say, the assumptions and ease with which we talk about about gay men's sex lives is often more pronounced.
"It's always newsworthy when sex and politics intersect," says Chelsea Reynolds, an associate professor of communications at California State University, Fullerton. While the public and mass media are preoccupied withGeorge Santos and gay congressional staffers, Americans will be less likely to focus on critical policy issues: the climate crisis, U.S.
aid to Israel, or the 2024 presidential election, to name a few."
Is gay sex 'more scandalous to the media'?
The language being used to talk about this specific incident matters, says Sheila Addison, LMFT.
"The media didn't identify Lauren Boebert as participating in 'a heterosexual sex act' when she was caught on video engaging in mutual groping with a male partner during 'Beetlejuice,'" Addison says.
What it says about the way we discuss gay sex.
A gay sex scandal ignited the group chats of many a D.C. denizen in recent days in regards to a video that allegedly depicts a male Democratic Senate staffer having sex with another man in a Senate hearing room. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's office did not respond to a request for comment.
'It’s a tragic situation and it’s presented a lot of anger and frustration. The romp occurred between the seating locations of Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) and Chris Coons(D-Delaware), according to Politico.
The staffer is no longer a Senate employee, Sen. Cardin confirmed though he did not explicitly state if the man was fired or not initially.
'He left the Senate employment, and the appropriate steps were taken from the point of view of our office,' the veteran official who plans to retire after this term said.
When asked to go into detail about how well he knew the staffer, Cardin refused, claiming it was a personnel issue.
Asked about how he felt upon initially hearing the news - first reported by the Daily Caller - Cardin conceded, 'I was angry.
Both individuals’ faces are blurred in the released footage, but Sen. Mike Collins (R-GA) has identified one of the staffers involved.
The video was filmed in the Hart 216 room which typically hosts Senate Judiciary business. Cardin told reporters Monday that he has not been in contact with the individual nor has he apologized.
“I was angry, disappointed.
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Cardin’s office, meanwhile, on Friday issued the following statement, citing a rash of reports from 'right-wing' outlets.
'As this is a personnel matter and under review, we will not be commenting further at this time,' the office said.
Cardin, meanwhile, announced his retirement at the end of his current term in May.
As for Maese-Czeropski, he did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's attempts to contact him.
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Capitol Police are continuing to investigate the incident and could not say if there was any security camera footage recorded that evening.
The second individual engaged in sexual intercourse in the sex video filmed in the Senate hearing room is alleged to be a Georg Gauger, a German national studying at nearby Elliot School of International Affairs.
Since the video surfaced last Friday, it has raised security concerns for Capitol buildings.
“There are items that are classified, and the general public frankly should not have access to that and frankly if we got away from the idea of saying ‘everybody should be able to do xy and z it’s their right.’ I think we’d be better off for sure,” Retired Secret Service agent Jeff James told FOX5 Reporters.
The incident is not the first in recent history to raise security concerns about Capitol campus buildings including the January 6 attack on the Capitol and, more recently, on October 18 when hundreds of Pro-Palestinian protesters stormed into the Cannon House Office Building.
Ben Cardin has aired his disappointment over reports that a now-former staffer had taken part in filmed sexual activities in a Senate hearing room.
The Maryland senator spoke two days after Democrat congressional aide Aidan Maese-Czeropski, 24, was fired over the emergence of the tape - which was reportedly filmed in Hart Senate Office Building room 216.
Capitol Police are investigating an incident involving a sex tape filmed in the Senate Judicial Committee Hearing Room by a junior legislative aide to Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD).
Republican Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, for example, posted a meme asking "which desecration was worse" with a still from the video side by side with one from the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Experts agree a sex act at work, filmed and shared online, in a revered Senate hearing room, would make headlines, regardless of who was involved. Ben Cardin aired his disappointment Monday evening over reports that a now-former staffer had taken part in filmed sexual activities in a Senate hearing room
The video depicts a graphic sex act between two men, and was reportedly leaked after being 'shared in a private group for gay men in politics'
The Maryland senator spoke two days after his old congressional aide Aidan Maese-Czeropski, 24, was fired over the emergence of the tapes
'I understand the Capitol Police are doing an investigation,' Cardin told reporters Monday evening, saying his office is 'absolutely' cooperating with law enforcement.
'My knowledge of this was over the weekend,' Cardin added, as the scandal continues to roil the House.
According to his LinkedIn account, he worked in the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs as a research assistant.
“Aidan you will forever be remembered as the Democrats favorite sloppy bottom…”
TheDesk reports that in November, Maese-Czeropski was promoted from his entry-level aide job.
'When I learned about it, [I] made sure that he was separated,' he continued, not mentioning Czeropski by name.
He also expressed confusion how the staffer - who appeared in a 2020 campaign video with Joe Biden - had somehow booked the room, but reiterated he is no longer with his office.