The Senate’s gay sex scandal started with a bang, but has ended with a whimper. This morning, the Capitol Police announced that they will not be pressing charges against Aidan Maese-Czeropski, the disgraced former Ben Cardin staffer filmed having sex with a male partner in the Hart Senate Office Building, as first reported by Cockburn.
“For now, we are closing the investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding a sex video that was recorded inside the Hart Senate Office Building on the morning of Wednesday, December 13,” the Capitol Police said in a statement. “Despite a likely violation of congressional policy — there is currently no evidence that a crime was committed.”
“Although the hearing room was not open to the public at the time, the congressional staffer involved had access to the room,” the statement continues.
Maese-Czeropski and his co-star were “not cooperative.” The video of Maese-Czeropski engaged in the sordid act, a censored version of which was published by the Daily Caller’s Henry Rodgers, is not evidence of a crime.
Maese-Czeropski, the self-described “twink,” “exercised his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent,” per the cops.
“Of course they’re going to let this guy get off easy,” a veteran Hill staffer told Cockburn. “What are they going to do? Send him to prison? Have you seen the video? That’s exactly what he wants.” Another added that “it’s crazy to think we’ve gotten to the point where committing a crime on camera is excused because you’re a gay Democrat.”
None of this is to say that the Capitol Police sits back and does nothing. Earlier this morning, they cleared out a gaggle of anti-Israel protesters.
If this sorry episode in American politics has taught us anything, it’s this: as a Hill staffer, you can book a room in the hallowed halls of the United States Congress, bring a guest in there, have sex with them, film it, share it online with others and face no criminal repercussions. Cockburn has just one question: who’s next?
