Senate Hearing-Room Sex Video: What We Know, What We Don't
newsweek.comSenate Judiciary Committee hearing room, situated in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, has been shared online.It has sparked intense speculation about the identities of the participants, though one Democratic staffer, whom conservative commentator Laura Loomer claimed was involved, said in a cryptic LinkedIn post that he wouldn't disrespect his workplace.The eight-second clip shows one almost completely naked man bent over an extended table, while a second seems to penetrate him from behind.
The footage was published by Daily Caller. The outlet said that it had originally been "shared in a private group for gay men in politics." Newsweek has not independently verified the footage's authenticity.On X, formerly Twitter, Loomer wrote that one of the two participants was Aidan Maese-Czeropski, a legislative aide to Democratic Senator Ben Cardin; this claim has not been confirmed by Newsweek.
In a statement on his LinkedIn page, Maese-Czeropski said "some of my actions in the past have shown poor judgement," but added that he would "never disrespect my workplace," without explicitly referencing the leaked video.
Newsweek has also approached Maese-Czeropski directly for comment via his LinkedIn.When approached by Newsweek for comment, a spokesperson for Sen.
