DC cop feted as first gay union head allegedly solicited sex from 15-year-old boy

A veteran DC cop heralded as the first openly gay union chair and tasked with helping to protect President Trump allegedly groomed a teen boy before trying to have sex with him.Lt.Matthew Mahl, 47, had been communicating with a detective who was posing as a teen named “Nate” while staking out a Reddit site called “r/GayYoungOldDating, NBC News reported.Mahl — a special-operations officer whose duties included helping to provide security for Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other officials — sent sexually explicit messages and nude photos to the undercover investigator, including a “sexually suggestive” pic from the couch in his work office, authorities said.The 23-year Metropolitan Police Department veteran even shared a picture of him in DC police uniform sitting in his cruiser, according to charging documents viewed by the outlet.The creepy cop was unconcerned about making his identity known to the imposter teen, revealing he was a DC police lieutenant with 23 years on the job and worked in the special-events branch, according to the MPD.He eventually gave out his phone number, which Harford County Sheriff’s Office Detective Christopher Sergent was able to link to Mahl.The disgraced lieutenant repeatedly mentioned how “Nate” was “young and inexperienced” during their conversations and asked him if he was a sophomore in high school.In one particularly skin-crawling exchange, Mahl wrote that he wished “it was 2/11/27 sooooo bad,” a reference to the date he believed to be the boy’s 16th birthday, at which age he’d reach the age of consent in Maryland, the documents stated.Mahl did occasionally express fears he could “get in trouble” for carrying on with the boy and was seemingly aware of how it could impact his career.“I have it all to lose,” he said in an apparent moment of self-reflection, according to the documents.The conversations grew more sexually charged as the weeks progressed.

Mahl allegedly sent “several explici...