Capitol Police won't charge Democratic staffer for filming sodomy in Senate hearing room



The U.S. Capitol Police announced Thursday that no criminal charges will be filed against the men who filmed themselves engaging in sodomy on Dec. 13, 2023, in the Hart Senate Office Building — one of whom was a staffer for Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin (Md.).

The USCP said in a statement, "After consulting with federal and local prosecutors, as well as doing a comprehensive investigation and review of possible charges, it was determined that – despite a likely violation of Congressional policy – there is currently no evidence that a crime was committed."

The USCP indicated further that the "two people of interest were not cooperative, nor were the elements of any of the possible crimes met. The Congressional staffer, who has since resigned from his job, exercised his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent and refused to talk to us."

A pornographic video featuring unprotected buggery in a conference room on Capitol Hill, near Cardin's office, was shared online to a group for gay men in December. The Spectator reported on the video, and the Daily Caller obtained a copy.

The Spectator noted that the "images and videos are explicit — and conspicuously and deliberately contain the staffer's face."

The set for the amateur pornographic film, Hart 216, was also the setting for the September 11 Commission hearings, former FBI Director James Comey's testimony on former President Donald Trump in 2017, and the confirmation hearings for multiple Supreme Court justice nominees, reported Time.

According to the USCP, the "hearing room was not open to the public at the time, [but] the Congressional staffer involved had access to the room."

Amidst mounting questions and significant backlash, Cardin released a short statement, noting, "Aidan Maese-Czeropski is no longer employed by the U.S. Senate. We will have no further comment on this personnel matter."

Maese-Czeropski, who had been working for Cardin for two years, painted himself as a victim, noting in a post on LinkedIn, "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."

Cardin's former staffer also posted various deviant posts on social media, including one where he allegedly photographed himself naked with the caption, "waiting for @LindseyGrahamSC in the work showers."

"Any attempts to characterize my actions otherwise are fabricated and I will be exploring what legal options are available to me in these matters," continued Cardin's former staffer.

Maese-Czeropski also intimated in the post that he was not the anti-Semitic Democratic staffer who reportedly confronted Jewish Republican Rep. Max Miller (Ohio) in early December, saying, "Free Palestine!"

Maese-Czeropski has appeared in at least one other video: a November 2020 promotional video for then-candidate Joe Biden.

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Days after the story broke, Cardin told a Fox News reporter, "I was angry. I was disappointed."

"It's a breach of trust," added Cardin, who has in recent years been a vocal champion of the LGBT agenda.

Some critics have suggested the refusal to hold Maese-Czeropski accountable is reflective of preferential treatment by law enforcement in Washington, D.C..

Mark Hemingway of RealClearInvestigations wrote, "Let me get this straight... merely walking through the capitol unauthorized is a felony. But having public sex in the building, filming it, and putting it online doesn't merit a public lewdness charge? Please tell why I am supposed to respect rule of law in this country."

LifeNews.com tweeted, "They're not going to charge anyone for having gay sex in the Senate hearing room, but pro-life people who prayed and sang in an abortion center are going to prison for 11 years."

Donald Trump Jr. noted, "They're usually pretty anal about even minor infractions. I guess filming gay sex in a secure senate meeting room is different."

Mike Davis of the Article III Project called the USCP's refusal to press charges "truly outrageous."

"Senate staffers have access to the Capitol *for official business*--not to produce and broadcast their porn videos. Trespassing. Misuse of government property. Misuse of government funds. Lewd acts. Indecent exposure. The evidence is on their own video," wrote Davis.

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“Victim” is one of the best labels you can have these days because it can often be used as a get-out-of-jail-free card.

At least for 24-year-old Aiden Maese-Czeropski, the Senate staffer for Ben Cardin who filmed himself having sex in one of the hearing rooms, that’s what he’s hoping for.

Maese-Czeropski, who’d been on Cardin’s congressional team for the past two years, has since been fired for the video. However, he’s certainly not taking the walk of shame.

In fact, he’s using the incident to fuel his campaign of victimhood.

Dave Rubin shows Maese-Czeropski’s response to the scandal:

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 attempt to characterize my actions otherwise are fabricated and I will be exploring what legal options are available to me in these matters.

“If you view the world in the oppressed-oppressor narrative, then even if you are getting a**-blasted on the Senate floor, you will figure out a way to consider yourself the victim,” says Dave in disbelief.

“No one is attacking him for who he is. He probably got the job in part because he's gay in the first place ... the Senators are usually screwing us, the American people, but that's a metaphor. You can't actually do it!” he laughs.

And as for Maese-Czeropski’s comment that he “would never disrespect [his] workplace,” clearly he doesn’t understand that those words are meaningless when there’s video evidence proving otherwise.

But we’re looking forward to seeing how he plans to use his “legal options” to counter this.


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Capitol Police exploring criminal charges over gay sex tape filmed in Senate hearing room: Report



Capitol Police investigators are exploring the crimes that may have been committed in the filming of a gay sex video in a Senate hearing room.

Capitol Hill was rocked last week when the Daily Caller published a video of Senate aide Aidan Maese-Czeropski, who worked for Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), engaging in gay sexual intercourse in Hart Senate Office Building room 216.

Hart Senate Office Building Room 216 (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Maese-Czeropski has since been fired.

Meanwhile, the Capitol Police investigation is heating up. Politico reported:

A Capitol Police investigation last week initially centered on the identity of those featured in the video. It's now continuing with a focus on what crimes may have been committed and what charges Maese-Czeropski or others could face. The investigation began last week when the video was circulating among Hill staffers but was not yet public, shifting on Friday once it was confirmed that Czeropski posted the video of himself.

It's not clear exactly what crimes Capitol Police is exploring. But, according to legal scholar Jonathan Turley, investigators have a plethora of options from which to choose, including:

"The key factor is the fact that this videotape was made with the apparent intent to publish or to distribute," Turley wrote. "Sex in congressional offices — by both members and staff — have long been known to occur on Capitol Hill. Yet, this was a public hearing room, albeit closed at the time, and a tape made for what appears public viewing.

"That brings us back to trespass. The question may be whether this was access under legal authority for a staffer. The Capitol police can argue that access to a staff position does not mean a license for entry for any purpose," he explained. "Does a staffer have legal authority to enter any hearing room for any purpose? That could be a defense raised by counsel, but it would seem likely that any access is premised on an official function."

On Monday, Cardin said he is "terribly angered" by the scandal. He confirmed that his office is cooperating with the Capitol Police investigation.

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A staffer for a Democratic senator has brashly responded to the accusations that he filmed gay sex in a hearing room.

A sexually explicit video of two men having gay sex in a U.S. Senate hearing room went viral on Friday. The gay sex reportedly took place inside hearing room 216 in the Hart Senate Office Building.

One of the men allegedly in the video is Aidan Maese-Czeropski – an aide for Sen. Ben Cardin, a Democrat from Maryland.

Maese-Czeropski responded to the allegations on Friday with a statement posted on LinkedIn. He seems to play the victim and hints that he was one of the men having gay sex in a Senate hearing room.

"This has been a difficult time for me, as I have been attacked for who I love to pursue a political agenda," Maese-Czeropski said. "While some of my actions in the past have shown poor judgement, I love my job and would never disrespect my workplace."

The Dem staffer then seemingly threatened lawsuits, "Any attempts to characterize my actions otherwise are fabricated and I will be exploring what legal options are available to me in these matters."

Cardin's office told the Daily Caller: “We have seen media reports. As this is a personnel matter and under review, we will not be commenting further at this time.”

In January, Sen. Cardin described the U.S. Capitol building as a "sacred space" because it is an "embodiment of our ideals, our aspirations, and hopes, not just for Americans, but also for all humanity."

Maese-Czeropski worked in Cardin's office for more than two years and had received multiple promotions, according to his LinkedIn page.

Maese-Czeropski is also accused of shouting "Free Palestine" at Jewish congressman Max Miller (R-Ohio) while the representative was being interviewed by NBC's Ali Velshii.

Miller told the Washington Free Beacon about the confrontation on Wednesday: "We're just having a casual conversation, and out of nowhere, this guy beelines up to me visibly shaking—he's very upset in my presence because he's a snowflake. And he just comes right back up to me and was like, ‘Free Palestine.’ And I was like, ‘Okay.’ … I'm not going to give him a reaction because that's what he wants."

Miller told the Daily Caller that Maese-Czeropski is the congressional staffer who confronted him.

Maese-Czeropski denied ever confronting Miller.

"As for the accusations regarding Congressman Max Miller, I have never seen the congressman and had no opportunity or cause to yell or confront him," he said on Friday.

Maese-Czeropski reportedly appeared in a political campaign ad for President Joe Biden in 2020.

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