Senate aide had sex in hearing room because he was ‘bored' and has ‘no regrets' about leaked tape: report
Now known as the 'Senate Twink,' Maese-Czeropski, 25, fled the country for Australia after video of him engaging in sexual congress in an exclusive Senate room, Hart 216, was leaked from a WhatsApp group chat — getting him fired and upending his life.
'But I don't regret f—king in the Senate,' the former Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) told New York Magazine via FaceTime from a beach in the Outback.
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'I would come in nine hours a day, sit there bored out of my f—king mind. So yeah, I'm going to entertain myself and f–k in a room,' Maese-Czeropski told the outlet.
3 Aidan Maese-Czeropski, 25, moved to Australia after the fallout from his leaked Senate sex tape.
Facebook/Aidan Maese-Czeropski
The ex-pat revealed he booked Hart 216 for the depraved act, the same room where former FBI Director James Comey testified about Russian meddling in the 2016 election and where late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in, according to the report.
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The desk he made the film at had recently been used by former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).
Afterwards, he gave his sexual partner a tour of the Senate and was back at his desk before noon, according to the article.
3 The Senate Judiciary hearing room in the Hart Senate Office Building, a room similar to that used by Maese-Czeropski for his sex tape.
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The aide made the mistake of circulating the sex video in a group chat and days later found himself, naked, on the Daily Caller.
'I became catatonic. My brain shut down,' Maese-Czeropski said of the moment he realized he was caught with his pants all the way down.
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Initially, he tried to ignore the backlash by watching television 'non-stop' but was eventually forced into a brief stay in a psych ward due to the amount of threats and shame he felt from the exposure, according to New York Magazine.
After he bottomed out, Maese-Czeropski fled the country on a backpacking excursion through Southern Africa, Portugal, and the Canary Islands — eventually ending up Down Under.
Despite all of the tribulations, the ordeal has seemingly provided no moral lessons to the sexcapading former aide.
3 A screengrab from the leaked sex tape in the prestigious Senate office building.
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'It's hard to say that I learned a lesson,' Maese-Czeropski admitted to the outlet.
'In some sense, I f—ked in the Senate because I was miserable and wanted a way out,' he said.
Maese-Czeropski further claimed, 'I know so many people who've f—ked in the Senate. I could throw people under the bus to water out my own scandal.'
Instead, he has doubled down on his notoriety, starting an OnlyFans account with the username 'Senate Twink Official.'
'I'm going to make bank off this name,' he gloated to the magazine.
Maese-Czeropski was fired from Sen. Cardin's office following the leak of the infamous clip.
However, the Capitol Police refused to file charges, stating that the act — while egregious — wasn't illegal.
'After consulting with federal and local prosecutors, as well as doing a comprehensive investigation and review of possible charges, it was determined that — despite a likely violation of congressional policy — there is currently no evidence that a crime was committed,' the agency said at the time.
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