Washington Post reporter Thomas Pham LeGro — who won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on former GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore’s alleged pursuit of minors — has been arrested and charged by officials for allegedly possessing child pornography, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials executed a search warrant on the 48-year-old reporter Thursday, seizing several electronic devices, according to a press release from D.C.’s Attorney’s Office. The DOJ says that it discovered a folder on LeGro’s work computer that “contained 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse material.”
“This case is being investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, which is composed of FBI agents, along with other federal agents and detectives from northern Virginia and the District of Columbia,” the DOJ said in its press release. “The task force is charged with investigating and bringing federal charges against individuals engaged in the exploitation of children and those engaged in human trafficking.”
The Washington Post did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
This is a developing story that will be updated with additional information.
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