One of the network shows, maybe Dateline or 20/20 did an expose years ago about some of the every day corruption in congress.
Members (of both parties) are continually driving home drunk as a skunk, getting pulled over, and getting escorted home with a smile. Congress controls DC's purse strings. If you arrest too many critters for DWI, they might cut the money, and there goes the police budget. So they skate on drunk driving. There were hundreds of incidents with nobody ever charged. I am betting hookers, wife beating and the like is all part of the mix as well.
The normal bad acts of Congressmembers and their staffs have been known about for decades. Yes, they get away with all sorts of petty crap...all the time.
Keep in mind that I'm talking about both sides, here.
Collegiality is the keyword. You don't want to be ratting on your fellow congressman. It's just not done. It happens in all sorts of situations where a large group of people are involved in the same organization.
The media has, traditionally, let this stuff slide by. We don't see stories about the alcoholic Representative or Senator. We don't read about the congressman who's having an affair with his (adult) staffer or intern, even though it is common knowledge amongst people who are involved in the workings of Congress. It's just not done. There are several restaurants, watering holes, and hotels in the DC area where dalliances, etc. can be carried on in public with nothing said by anyone. It's how it is.
Then there are the pages. I tried to apply to be a page in my Junior year in High School. It sounded like an interesting way to spend a year. I soon discovered that the pages are chosen from the youngsters from big supporters of local congresspersons, not from the straight A student who has a father who works as an auto mechanic. It was my first exposure to how things actually work.
This complicates things, you see. If your kid is a page, sponsored by your local congresscritter, then you're likely a heavy supporter of that congresscritter. It is not to your benefit to have your son or daughter blowing whistles on any congressperson. Not at all. So, you tell the kid to keep his mouth shut. It's how things work.
There have been some media stories about the sexual activities of pages...mostly between themselves. Think about it...a bunch of eager, smart young boys and girls off to Washington for a year. I expect there are all sorts of liasons between these 16 and 17 year olds, and between somewhat older interns, staffers, and, yes, even the congresspersons themselves. These are not naive kids. They've grown up, for the most part, in privileged families and are coddled and encouraged to take their place in whatever society presents itself.
I dated the niece of a House Representative from California when I was in High School...briefly. A very self-assured, beautiful young woman from a wealthy family, with a very overactive libido, and unafraid of exercizing it. I dated her briefly, because she went off to be a Congressional page. This was back in 1962. I guarantee that, on her arrival in DC, she was exploring the possibilities there and doing whomever she wanted.
That's my reason for suggesting that this sort of thing is probably a lot more common than anyone realizes, and not just with the male pages.
Not much of it will come out, I don't think. But some will, and it could get ugly.