Democrat Senator Ben Cardin's staffer Aidan Maese-Czeropski has been fired allegedly over leaked video.

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A leaked video featuring Aidan Maese-Czeropski, a Democratic congressional staffer, engaged in explicit activities in the Senate hearing room has prompted a Capitol Police investigation, Daily Mail reported Authorities are exploring potential legal violations, including trespassing and obscenity, with potential penalties of up to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine for trespassing, and up to five years in prison for obscenity.

A scandal erupted Friday as an explicit video surfaced, showing a Congressional staffer having sex on the dais of a Senate hearing room. Although the individual's identity remained initially undisclosed, Laura Loomer, an American far-right activist, alleged in a post on X that the person in question is Aidan Maese-Czeropski, a staffer working for Democrat Senator Ben Cardin.

"The Democrat Staffer of Senator Ben Cardin who filmed himself making a sex tape in the Hart Senate building is named Aidan Maese-Czeropski," she wrote in a post on X.

Less than a day after the video was leaked, Ben Cardin fired Aidan Maese-Czeropski.

In response to the controversy, Maese-Czeropski took to LinkedIn, asserting that he was being "attacked for who I love to pursue a political agenda."

'While some of my actions in the past have shown poor judgement, I love my job and would never disrespect my workplace,' he said.

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

According to LinkedIn profile, Maese-Czeropski began working in Senator Ben Cardin's office in October 2021. Prior to this role, he served as a field organizer for the Democratic Party in Virginia and contributed as a climate researcher at the charity Friends of the Earth.

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