The story of the man, reportedly a congressional staffer, who filmed himself having sex in a Senate hearing room in the Hart Senate Office Building has a new element — with the U.S. Capitol Police telling Fox, “We are aware and looking into this.”
George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley said he had testified in the room in question. He said there have been confirmation and impeachment hearings there, among other notable events.
Turley broke down what laws might be involved, if any, in terms of the actions in the sex in the Senate hearing room video.
One obvious criminal provision under the D.C. code is Section 22-1312 for lewd, indecent, or obscene acts:
“It is unlawful for a person, in public, to make an obscene or indecent exposure of his or her genitalia or anus, to engage in masturbation, or to engage in a sexual act as defined in § 22-3001(8)….
