By Lauren Fruen For Dailymail.com and Associated Press
Published: 04:49 GMT, 15 February 2019 | Updated: 04:49 GMT, 15 February 2019
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A student has been charged with illegal wiretapping after he allegedly livestreamed a conversation with a Maryland congressman's aide on Facebook.
Jake Burdett, 20, is accused of recording the staffer and distributing the footage without their consent.
State Prosecutor Emmet Davitt announced the charge against the Salisbury University student Thursday.
Prosecutors say Burdett, an advocate for Maryland Marijuana Justice, took part in a rally in front of Rep. Andy Harris' office in Salisbury in October. He and others then met with a member of the congressman's staff in his office.
Harris' staff told the group not to record the meeting, citing office policy, but prosecutors say Burdett recorded and streamed it on Facebook Live without the staffer's consent.
He is now charged with illegally recording the staffer and distributing it. The law in Maryland states that both parties must consent to the recording of a conversation.
Jake Burdett, left, has been charged with illegal wiretapping after he allegedly livestreamed a conversation with an aide of