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Fox News
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Washington Post editor on leave after DOJ charges him with possessing child pornography
An award-winning editor from The Washington Post has been placed on leave after the Justice Department charged him with child pornography possession. The DOJ announced that 48-year-old Thomas LeGro, The Post's deputy director of video, appeared in court Friday after being arrested Thursday as his home was searched by authorities. "During the execution of the search warrant agents observed what appeared to be fractured pieces of a hard drive in the hallway outside the room where LeGro's work laptop was found," the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington D.C. said in a press release. According to the filing, "several devices" were seized from LeGro's home, including a laptop computer that "contained 11 videos depicting child pornography." The filing also linked LeGro to a prior FBI investigation from 2006 of E-Gold, a digital currency platform used by child pornography websites, alleging LeGro was an E-Gold user. The charges were announced by interim U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and will be prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Caroline Burrell and Janani Iyengar. A spokesperson for The Post told Fox News Digital, "The Washington Post understands the severity of these allegations, and the employee has been placed on leave" and declined to comment further. LeGro began working for the Post in 2000 and left in 2006 for a stint at "PBS NewsHour" before returning to the Post in 2013, according to his LinkedIn page. Notably, LeGro was among the Washington Post journalists who earned the paper a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for its investigative reporting of failed Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, several of whom said they were minors at the time. Moore denied the allegations mentioned in The Post's reporting.
Fox News
9 hours ago
- Fox News
Washington Post reporter arrested on child pornography charges after FBI search and is placed on leave
A Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter was arrested and placed on leave after being charged with possessing child pornography on his work laptop. Thomas Pham LeGro, 48, was arrested Thursday and taken into custody after a search of his District of Columbia home. LeGro made his first appearance Friday in U.S. District Court. The charges reportedly stem from an FBI search at his home Thursday, where agents seized several electronic devices. A review of LeGro's work laptop allegedly revealed a folder that contained 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse material, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. During the execution of a search warrant, authorities said they found what appeared to be fractured pieces of a hard drive in the hallway outside the room where LeGro's work laptop was found. "The Washington Post understands the severity of these allegations, and the employee has been placed on leave," a Washington Post spokesperson told Fox News Digital in an email Friday. The George Mason graduate was part of a team of Post reporters awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Senate candidacy of Roy Moore in 2018. LeGro, who has been with the publication for more than a decade, served as deputy director of video, overseeing a group of video journalists. He also briefly worked for PBS. Pirro thanked FBI Assistant Director in Charge Steven J. Jensen and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department for their ongoing efforts in the investigation. The case, part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood initiative, is being investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, according to the release.
Time of India
9 hours ago
- Time of India
US journalist arrested and charged with possessing child sex abuse material
Thomas LeGro Thomas LeGro, an award-winning Washington Post journalist, has been charged for allegedly possessing child pornography on Friday, after being arrested following a search at his home, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Friday. According to a DoJ press release , videos depicting child sexual abuse material were found in LeGro's work laptop. "FBI agents executed a search warrant at LeGro's residence and seized several electronic devices. A review of his work laptop revealed a folder which contained 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse material," the Justice Department said. "During the execution of the search warrant, agents observed what appeared to be fractured pieces of a hard drive in the hallway outside the room where LeGro's work laptop was found," it added. The case against the Washington Post journalist was brought as part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood, a February 2006 initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Under, Project Safe Childhood, which is led by the US attorney offices, authorities at various levels (federal, state, local) locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as identify and rescue victims. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Adidas Three Shorts With 60% Discount, Limited Stock Available Original Adidas Shop Now Undo Washington Post reacts In a statement, The Washington Post stated that it 'understands the severity of these allegations, and the employee has been placed on leave,' but declined to comment further. LeGro, 48, has worked at The Post for 18 years in two stints since 2000, was part of a Post team which won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 2018 for coverage of the Senate candidacy of Roy Moore of Alabama. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years.
Telegraph
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist arrested over child abuse images
A Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post photo-journalist has been arrested and charged with possessing child abuse images on his computer. Thomas Pham LeGro, 48, appeared before a federal judge in Washington DC on Friday where he was detained ahead of a bail hearing next week. The FBI said agents had executed a search warrant at Mr LeGro's residence on Thursday and seized a number of electronic devices. It said that after examining his work laptop agents found a 'folder that contained 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse material'. The agency added that while carrying out the search, agents spotted what appeared to be 'a broken pieces of a hard drive in the hallway outside the room where Mr LeGro's work laptop was found'. In its report of the arrest, the Post said that in charging papers, the FBI wrote that Mr LeGro was linked to an account identified in 2005 'as part of an investigation into E-Gold, a payment company used by child pornography websites'. LeGro 'placed on leave' by newspaper The newspaper said he had worked for the Post in two stints over the course of 18 years. The Post's website says: 'In 2018, Tom LeGro was part of a team of Post reporters who were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Senate candidacy of Roy Moore and a subsequent effort to discredit The Post's reporting.' It added: 'As Deputy Director of Video, Tom oversees an award-winning team of video journalists who work across the newsroom, including in National, Climate, Metro, Style and Technology. Tom joined Video in 2013.' There was no immediate response from the Washington Post to an inquiry from The Telegraph. It was not clear whether Mr LeGro had retained a lawyer or had a chance to enter a plea. In a brief statement, the Washington Post said it 'understands the severity of these allegations, and the employee has been placed on leave'.
Washington Post
12 hours ago
- Washington Post
Washington Post editor charged with possessing child pornography
A video editor for The Washington Post was arrested Thursday on a federal charge of possessing child pornography, according to prosecutors. Thomas P. LeGro, 48, who has worked at The Post for 18 years in two stints since 2000, was held after an initial appearance Friday before a U.S. magistrate judge in D.C., pending a detention hearing next Wednesday.
