Cardin staffer linked to intercourse tape leaves Senate

A junior aide to Sen. Ben Cardin is no longer employed by the Senate, the Maryland Democrat’s build of work said Saturday, following news experiences linking the staffer to a intercourse tape filmed in a Capitol Hill hearing room.

Parts of the tape have been revealed by the On each day foundation Caller on Friday showing two men having intercourse in the cavernous Hart Senate Arena of commercial Constructing hearing room that has performed host to Supreme Court nominees, 9/11 Commission meetings and extinct FBI Director James Comey’s blockbuster 2017 testimony on Donald Trump. The American Spectator beforehand reported that a Cardin staffer was eager.

Neither myth named the staffer, but other conservative retailers identified one particular person viewed in the video as Aidan Maese-Czeropski, a legislative aide to Cardin.

Cardin’s build of work, after no longer commenting the day past on what it referred to as a “personnel subject,” said in an announcement first supplied to POLITICO on Saturday morning that “Aidan Maese-Czeropski is no longer employed by the U.S. Senate.”

“We’re going to give you the probability to have no extra commentary on this personnel subject,” the statement added.

Maese-Czeropski on Friday evening posted an announcement to LinkedIn that did no longer unambiguously reveal involvement.

“This has been a worldly time for me, as I even have been attacked for who I settle on to pursue a political agenda,” he wrote. “While a number of of my actions previously have proven unhappy judgement, I love my job and would by no methodology disrespect my build of job. Any makes an try to represent my actions in some other case are fabricated and I will doubtless be exploring what honest correct alternate choices are on hand to me in these matters.”

He separately denied allegations that he had accosted Gain. Max Miller (R-Ohio) in a Capitol hallway Wednesday by telling the Jewish lawmaker, “Free Palestine.”

Makes an try to attain Maese-Czeropski on Saturday weren’t straight away profitable. He had worked for Cardin since October 2021, in accordance with congressional info, and beforehand worked as an intern for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) in 2018.

U.S. Capitol Police did no longer reply to an electronic mail Saturday asking whether an investigation is underway. Aides to Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer and Minority Chief Mitch McConnell declined to commentary.

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