WaPo Journalist Faces 20 Years on Child Porn Charges

Thomas Pham LeGro, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and deputy director of video at The Washington Post, was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography after FBI agents found 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse material on his work laptop during a search of his Washington, DC home. Authorities also found fractured pieces of a hard drive outside the room where the laptop was located. LeGro, who has worked at the Post for over a decade and was part of a Pulitzer-winning team for coverage of Senate candidate Roy Moore, has been placed on leave by the newspaper. The investigation is led by the FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force as part of the DOJ's Project Safe Childhood initiative. LeGro faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if convicted. His first court appearance was held Friday, and a detention hearing is scheduled for next week.