Overview
- Photos posted by the @dearwhitestaff account show the California congressman looking at sexually suggestive images on a tablet during a commercial flight.
- Sherman acknowledged he viewed the pictures and said they surfaced in his X ‘For You’ feed, adding, “I must’ve looked at more than 1,000 posts.”
- He denied viewing pornography or having a pornography problem and said, “Is it pornography? I don’t think Elon Musk thinks so,” while conceding the behavior was not appropriate.
- The original post drew roughly 11.9 million views by Saturday evening and spurred reactions from figures including Steven Cheung, Donald Trump Jr., and Rep. Nancy Mace.
- Responding to online ridicule, Sherman told Cheung to “Release the #EpsteinFiles,” and as of the latest reports there is no indication of a formal inquiry or disciplinary action.