US EditionPulitzer-Winning Washington Post Executive Charged with Possessing Child Pornography
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUN 27 – Thomas Pham LeGro faces up to 20 years in prison after FBI found 11 child sexual abuse videos on his Washington Post work laptop during a recent investigation.
- Thomas Pham LeGro, who serves as the Washington Post’s deputy director of video, was taken into custody at his home in Washington, D.C., on June 26, facing charges related to child pornography.
- The FBI executed a search warrant at LeGro's residence after his name surfaced in a digital currency investigation linked to child pornography access dating back to 2005.
- Agents seized several electronics including a laptop containing a folder of 11 videos showing child sexual abuse material and found broken hard drive pieces in LeGro’s basement hallway.
- LeGro, 48, has worked at The Washington Post for over 18 years, was part of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning team for reporting on Roy Moore’s alleged sexual misconduct, and has been placed on leave amid the investigation.
- LeGro appeared in federal court on Friday and requested a public defender, although the judge expressed doubts about his eligibility. A detention hearing is set for Monday as part of the DOJ’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative.
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Washington ExaminerWashington Post journalist charged with child pornography possession
An award-winning Washington Post reporter has been charged with the possession of child pornography, including on his work computer. Thomas Pham LeGro, 48, was arrested on Thursday after FBI agents
WaPo journalist Thomas Pham LeGro charged with possession of child pornography
Award-winning journalist Thomas Pham LeGro has been charged with possession of child pornography after a raid of his Washington DC home. LeGro, 48, a video journalist with the Washington Post, appeared in court Friday after agents allegedly found 11 videos 'depicting child sexual abuse material' on a laptop in his home. According to the US Attorney's Office in DC, agents seized a number of devices from LeGro's home on Thursday, including a lapto…
FBI seizes Washington Post staffer's laptop, discovers 11 child pornography videos
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post Journalist Charged with Possession of Child Porn
Another vaunted “journalist” with Pulitzer Prize bona fides has turned up to be a creep. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist Thomas LeGro, 48, was taken into custody last week and charged with possession of child porn. And, just looking at this joker you can tell: This is Thomas Legro, the Trump-hating Washington Post editor and […] The post Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post Journalist Charged with Possession of Child Porn app…
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