Senate hearing room where leaked sex tape was recorded held numerous historic events – including former FBI director James Comey’s testimony about Trump and 911 hearings

The Senate hearing room, where a staffer was recently caught filming amateur gay porn, has been the scene of several historic events.

Even before the latest sex scandal, if the walls could talk, they would have a lot to say — from the memory of former FBI Director James Comey's testimony about Trump to the September 11 hearings.

On Saturday, Democratic congressional aide Aidan Maese-Czeropski, 24, was fired by Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland following the emergence of his tapes, which were allegedly filmed in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.

Steeped in history, the chamber has, among other things, been the site of a series of Supreme Court confirmation proceedings for judges who shaped the American legal landscape.

But it was the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States, colloquially known as the 9/11 Commission, that was perhaps the most harrowing proceeding to unfold in Hart 216.

The congressional staffer is accused of filming an amateur gay porn video in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building

National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice is sworn in to testify under oath before the 9-11 Commission in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 8, 2004

Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee at the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC

It was launched to investigate the deadliest terror attack in world history, with a death toll of 2,996 people, and to outline how the US government could be better prepared to prevent it from happening again.

The landmark case heard testimony from then-President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and former President Bill Clinton.

More recently, Hart heard 216 testimonies from former FBI Director James Comey about his interactions with Donald Trump.

Comey blasted the former president in his 2017 testimony, detailing allegations of attempted corruption and repeated requests for him to pledge his “loyalty” to him and abandon certain FBI investigations.

The following year, in September, Trump nominee Brett Kavanaugh became a member of the Supreme Court after a fiery confirmation hearing in the same chamber.

His acceptance was anything but certain — it came after he faced allegations of sexual misconduct that he angrily denied during explosive testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

On October 6, the full Senate confirmed Kavanaugh by a narrow margin, voting 50–48, despite accusations from Christine Blasey Ford and three other women.

Since Ruth Bader Ginsberg's death in 2020, Kavanaugh is believed to have the deciding vote on the court.

He was also the target of a reported assassination attempt by a psychologically disturbed suspect outraged by the court's plans to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Another Supreme Court staffer influential in the sweeping overhaul of abortion rights, Justice Samuel Alito, also had his confirmation hearings in the same chamber 12 years earlier.

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Steeped in history, Hart 216 was, among other things, the site of a series of Supreme Court confirmation proceedings for judges who shaped the American legal landscape

Alito was the judge who wrote the 2022 majority vote for the Supreme Court to overturn the 1973 abortion rights decision, and was reportedly the driving force behind the other justices who voted in favor.

According to sources and internal documents seen by the New York Times, he had worked since his time as a lawyer in the Regan administration to craft a legal strategy against abortion rights.

Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch, who sided with Kavanaugh and Alito in the historic abortion vote, also had their confirmation hearings in Hart 216.

Confirmation hearings for Obama-era appointees Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan also took place in the same room in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

Liberal Justice Sotomayor is the third woman, the first woman of color, the first Hispanic and the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court.

Kagan also clashed on the liberal wing with conservatives like Kavanaugh, and along with Sotomayor, she was one of three justices who voted in favor of Roe v Wade.

Justice Stephen Breyer was the third justice to vote alongside them, and he resigned last year to be replaced by Biden's appointee Ketanji Brown Jackson, who also had her confirmation hearings in Hart 216.

Kentanji Brown Jackson became the first Black female Supreme Court justice in June 2022.