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2 hours ago
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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. Washington Post Bashes Socialist Zohran Mamdani As Potential Disaster For New York City 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. Read On The Fox News App 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. Washington Post Admits That 'Trump Is Right' When It Comes To One Issue About Europe 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 article source: Washington Post editor on leave after DOJ charges him with possessing child pornography
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2 hours ago
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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. State Rep Used Biden-themed Username To Distribute Child Porn, Feds Say 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. Read On The Fox News App 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. High School Teacher Caught In Undercover Sting Operation After Explicit Chats With 'Teen Girl' Online: Police 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. 205 Arrested In Fbi Child Sex Operation, Patel And Bondi Announce 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 article source: Washington Post reporter arrested on child pornography charges after FBI search and is placed on leave
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3 hours ago
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Who is Thomas LeGro, Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Facing Child Porn Charges
Award-winning US journalist Thomas Pham LeGro has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography images on his computer. The 48-year-old was working as a deputy video editor at the Washington Post. The search warrant was carried out when agents noticed what looked to be broken bits of a hard drive in the corridor outside the room where LeGro's company laptop was kept, according to the press release from the US Department of Justice The charge, which carries a maximum punishment of 20 years imprisonment, was announced by US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Who is Thomas Pham LeGro? Born in 1977, Thomas Pham LeGro graduated with a degree in English in 1998 from George Mason University, Virginia, and later pursued a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the same college. He worked at the Washington Post for a total of 18 years across two stints. He first joined the publication in 2000 as an Agate Editor, was promoted to Page Designer in 2003, and later became a Copy Editor, serving for six years during this initial tenure. In 2006, Thomas Pham LeGrojoined PBS NewsHour as a Reporter/Producer, where he worked for nearly seven years. He returned to The Washington Post in 2013 as a Video Editor and was subsequently promoted to Senior Video Producer, then Executive Producer for Explanatory Video. Since February 2024, he has been serving as Deputy Director of Video. Thomas Pham LeGro is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the Robin Toner Prize, and both the Webby Award and the People's Voice Award. On June 26, FBI agents from the Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force carried out a search warrant at Mr LeGro's home and confiscated various electronic devices. When Mr LeGro's work laptop was examined, a folder containing 11 videos showing child sexual abuse content was found.
Fox News
12 hours ago
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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
12 hours ago
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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.
