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Matt Castell is a Democrat who used to serve as a director of the counterterrorism division for the National Security Council
A former high-level National Security Counsel official running for Rep. Elise Stefanik's New York seat claims to put 'country before party,' but former colleagues say he put 'party before country' with wild and raunchy workplace behavior, DailyMail.com can reveal.
Matt Castelli, a Democrat who used to serve as a director of the counterterrorism division for the National Security Council, is selling himself as a moderating voice within politics - an 'alternative' to 'extremism' plaguing both sides.
But Castelli knew no moderation when he worked for the White House - multiple former National Security Council colleagues say that Castelli was known to drink on the job, and often to collect overtime pay while doing so, and had sex with multiple of his coworkers.
'It's funny because he's all about country before party - it was party before country back then,' one former colleague said.
Castelli had first been brought in to the National Security Council under President Obama in 2016 and stayed on through the beginning of the Trump administration until 2018.
He allegedly often bragged to coworkers about sleeping with women in the prayer room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building - a building connected to the White House where the National Security Council office and other White House staffers work.
Castelli had first been brought in to the National Security Council under President Obama in 2016 and stayed on through the beginning of the Trump administration until 2018
Castelli is pictured above with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D). He's been endorsed by 7 of 12 county Democratic Parties
Castelli is running against Democrat Matt Putorti in an Aug. 23 primary before he hopes to face off with Republican Stefanik in November
'He told us all about the prayer room - that was his thing,' one former colleague said of Castelli. The colleague said Castelli told one story where either during or after the NSC Christmas party in 2017 he took a female colleague back to the prayer room for sex. 'There were a couple other times where he'd just sneak off during the day,' to hook up with women, the colleague, who requested anonymity to speak freely, told DailyMail.com.
Castelli claimed that such accusations were a 'political hit job' ahead of the midterm election.
'Allegations of impropriety in Castelli’s professional, personal, or private conduct is clearly a political hit job from allies of Elise Stefanik because she is afraid to run against a patriot like Matt Castelli who served our country while she only serves herself,' he said in a statement to DailyMail.com.
Castelli is running against Democrat Matt Putorti in an Aug. 23 primary before he hopes to face off with Republican Stefanik in November. The former CIA officer also served in both Afghanistan and Iraq. He's
