Longtime Washington Post video editor Thomas Pham LeGro, 48, was arrested Thursday for child porn possession.
LeGro, a figure once celebrated for exposing alleged sexual misconduct by Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, now finds himself in the dock facing possession of child pornography. This explosive turnaround raises disturbing questions about the moral crash of the liberal media class.
LeGro—Deputy Director of Video at the Post and a key part of its award-winning multimedia operation—was taken into custody after FBI agents executed a search warrant at his home in Washington, D.C.
Prosecutors allege the discovery included a laptop containing 11 videos with child sexual abuse material, as well as pieces of a broken hard drive strewn in the hallway outside his workspace.
The FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force led the investigation, which remains under seal regarding its origins.
On Friday, LeGro made his first court appearance under heavy scrutiny.
Named Thomas Pham LeGro in charging documents filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, after he was arrested he was officially booked on charges of possession of child porn.
While the Post touted his noble journalistic achievements—most notably his part