Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te wā i kōwhiria ai ia ki te kaunihera, he ākonga kāwanatanga me te ohaoha ia ki te Whare Wānanga o Dartmouth, i reira i wehe ai ia hei tumuaki tuarua o ngā Democrats o Dartmouth. I aro tuatahi a Muscatel ki te kaupapa tōrangapū i a ia e haere ana ki te whakarewatanga o Barack Obama hei perehitini
i te 20 o Hanuere 2009. I te 21 o ona tau, ko ia te kaitohutohu LGBTQ iti rawa i te United States katoa. Kua whakaritea ia ki te whai i te JD mai i te Kura Ture o Stanford hei Kairangahau Knight-Hennessy. E rua ōna teina, ko Evan Muscatel rāua ko Quinn Muscatel.