The Republican congressman who was caught on camera at a holiday party in Washington, D.C. shouting at a former staffer said he did so because the aide had tried to expose his 27-year old daughter’s OnlyFans account.
Rep. Brandon Williams, who represents upstate New York, jabbed his finger toward former Chief of Staff Michael Gordon in a heated confrontation outside the International Spy Museum, during a festive gathering hosted by a lobbying firm.
Williams told Gordon, ‘You f*** with my family, I’ll end every relationship you have.’
The lawmaker told Politico Friday that two former staffers, Gordon and Ryan Sweeney, who had served as his legislative director, threatened to out his daughter as having an OnlyFans account – where users can produce sexually explicit material – after Williams fired them.
Gordon was ‘trying to exert some leverage over me,’ Williams said, ‘and I just simply won’t allow that to happen.’
Williams said that it was Sweeney who filmed his confrontation with Gordon.
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Afterward Sweeney told his ex-boss: ‘Hey, f*** you! Guess what, b****? All I have to do is pay $7 to watch your daughter shove her phone up her p****!’
Gordon told Politico that ‘the allegations Congressman Williams has levied against me are categorically false’ and declined to comment futher.
Sweeney also denied the allegations, telling Politico they are ‘completely false.’
In the video, Gordon told Williams, ‘I didn’t do anything.’
Williams then pressed closer to Gordon and yelled, ‘Do you understand me? You think I don’t know?’
A spokesperson for Williams initially responded to the release of the video, which was by a student journalist at Syracuse, by saying that the fired aides ‘made rude comments about the female members of the Congressman’s family.’
‘These individuals planted stories with the media and one of them physically shoved the Congressman at a holiday event (edited from the video),’ the spokesperson said. ‘As a former nuclear submarine officer known for his temperament and poise, tonight should be a lesson to all, never go after this Navy Nuke’s family.’
Speaking to Politico, Williams said that after he gave Gordon 30 days to find new employment, the departing chief of staff contacted a GOP campaign consultant close to the lawmaker.
That consultant, Aaron Evans, told the news site that he relayed Gordon’s warning to the New York Republican in recent weeks – that he should think about how embarrassing it would be for his family if TMZ found out about his daughter’s OnlyFans account.
Williams said that several days prior to the Spy Musuem incident he heard from other aides that Gordon was telling congressional staffers about his daughter’s OnlyFans account.
He was also ‘saying really rude things about my wife,’ Williams told Politico.
Gordon had lived with Williams during part of his congressional campaign and they also lived together when Williams got to Washington.
Williams is in his first term.
The congressman described his former chief of staff as a ‘deeply broken person.’
