If the dirty deeds that go down in Congress these days aren’t enough to have you running for a shower, news of a second Capitol sex tape scandal has emerged.
Last year, reports of “purported, unbecoming behavior” by a senior staffer working in Rep. Dan Newhouse’s (R-Wash.) office triggered an investigation, according to a Newhouse spokesperson.
That makes the video that was recently shot by one of Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-M.D.) former staffers in a Senate hearing room the second time in less than two years that the hallowed halls of Congress have investigated as the backdrop for an amateur porno.
In the case of the Newhouse staffer, “no conclusive evidence” was found, the spokesperson stated, according to Semafor.
“Semafor has viewed some of the material,” wrote the outlet’s Washington Bureau Chief Benjy Sarlin on X, “which included footage apparently shot inside the Capitol complex.”
SCOOP: There was a SECOND Capitol sex tape investigation last year, @kadiagoba reports.
This one was on the House side. Semafor has viewed some of the material, which included footage apparently shot inside the Capitol complex. https://t.co/1vuIMGWrFU
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) December 21, 2023
According to the report, “The staffer, who Semafor is not naming, denied he participated in explicit videos, and disputed elements of the office’s characterization of the episode in a telephone interview and a series of text messages. He said he was informed of the investigation in June 2022, but told by the Congressman in July that it had ended with ‘no evidence to the allegation.’ He said he left in the fall of 2022 on good terms for unrelated reasons to take a job outside of Washington, D.C. The Congressman praised his work in material announcing his hire.”
“Semafor didn’t identify the senior @RepNewhouse staffer who was suspected of making a sex tape at the Capitol last year,” wrote journalist Matthew Keys on X. “He is Sean O’Brien, Rep. Newhouse’s former deputy chief of staff, who has since scrubbed his social media accounts from the Internet.”
Semafor didn’t identify the senior @RepNewhouse staffer who was suspected of making a sex tape at the Capitol last year.
He is Sean O’Brien, Rep. Newhouse’s former deputy chief of staff, who has since scrubbed his social media accounts from the Internet. https://t.co/xThtoE4qP1
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) December 21, 2023
“One thing that is clear, however: There is, in fact, a second set of Capitol sex videos, which circulated on Snapchat last year,” Semafor reporter Kadia Goba writes. “They featured in the Snapchat story of a user going by ‘Adam J’ with the handle ‘Anjackson2019,’ according to the recordings viewed by Semafor, which were provided by a source.”
The videos reportedly showed a man “masturbating inside a House office building, which was identifiable by standard Capitol House furniture and carpeting,” Goba reveals. “The desk at which the videographer performed also held a branded congressional mouse pad. A screenshot of a second video obtained by Semafor shows two men engaged in a sex act in an office setting. The participants’ faces are not visible in any of the material viewed by Semafor.”
On X, the emergence of another X-rated tape coming out of Congress seems to have surprised no one, with most folks reacting with a “laugh or you’ll most certainly cry” attitude.
“True bicameralism,” replied one user. “Salute to the republic.”
“The swamp is a never ending Roman orgy,” stated another.
Maybe so, but, as one user put it it, “At least the fire alarm wasn’t involved.”
True bicameralism. Salute to the republic.
— Bryan (@bryancsk) December 21, 2023
The swamp is a never ending Roman orgy.
— Quantum Strange Quark (@MiniatureQuark) December 21, 2023
At least the fire alarm wasn’t involved.
— Joel Heyman (@JoelHeyman) December 21, 2023
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