Jan 2024. Blues Vol 40 No. 1

NOT SO BRIGHT AWARD
Light Bulb Award
STOCKING STUFFER
Senate staffer fired after sex tape scandal, shows
explicit acts in Senate building.
By Yuval Barnea
Over the weekend a new scandal
developed in the US Senate,
as a video began circulating
which allegedly shows a senator’s
former staffer having sex in
a senate hearing room.
The video was published on
Friday night on the Daily Caller.
It had been initially shared in a
private group chat for gay men
in politics, according to the conservative
media website.
The video purports to show
a senate staffer having sex in a
senate hearing room in the Hart
Senate Office Building, which the
Daily Caller claims is Room 216.
The storied room played host to
many historic events from Supreme
Court nominations to the
9/11 Commission to former FBI
Director James Comey’s testimony
against former President
Donald Trump in 2017.
The alleged staffer can be
seen receiving anal sex from his
partner while bent over a desk in
the room, before the video pans
to show the Seal of the United
States Senate hanging on the
back wall of the room.
The Daily Caller did not iden-
tify the staffer, although he was
later identified due to a series of
photos he himself had shared on
X (formerly Twitter).
Several American publications
identified the staffer as a legislative
aide to Sen. Ben Cardin
(D-Maryland). Cardin announced
his retirement from politics earlier
this year, after a long career
in both Houses of Congress.
Cardin’s office told Politico
on Friday night that “Aidan
Maese-Czeropski is no longer
employed by the US Senate. We
will have no further comment on
this personnel matter.”
Maese-Czeropski seemed to
deny the accusations in a LinkedIn
post saying: “This has been
a difficult time for me, as I have
been attacked for who I love to
pursue a political agenda. While
some of my actions in the past
have shown poor judgment, I
love my job and would never
disrespect my workplace. Any
attempts to characterize my
actions otherwise are fabricated
and I will be exploring what
legal options are available to me
in these matters.”
In the same post, he denied a
separate allegation of yelling
“Free Palestine” at Jewish Rep.
Max Miller (R-Ohio, 7th District)
in a government building on
Wednesday.
130 The Blues - January ‘24