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A former Washington Post staffer pleaded guilty<\/a> to one count of child pornography possession Friday, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

Thomas LeGro, 48, an award-winning journalist who served as the Post’s deputy director of video, was arrested in June after the FBI executed a search warrant at his home and seized multiple devices.<\/p>\n

“During the execution of the warrant,\u00a0agents\u00a0observed\u00a0what appeared to be fractured\u00a0pieces of a hard drive\u00a0hidden under a rug\u00a0in\u00a0the basement of the residence,” Pirro’s office wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“A review of\u00a0LeGro’s laptop revealed a folder that\u00a0contained\u00a011 videos depicting child sexual abuse<\/a>.\u00a0These videos depicted adult men\u00a0sexually abusing prepubescent children and forcing them to engage in sex acts.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON POST EDITOR ON LEAVE AFTER DOJ CHARGES HIM WITH POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The investigation was spearheaded by the FBI Washington Field Office\u2019s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, according to Pirro.<\/p>\n

LeGro’ sentencing is scheduled for\u00a0Sept. 3, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time of his arrest, a Washington Post spokesperson told Fox News Digital<\/a> LeGro had been placed on leave. The paper has since severed ties with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Notably, LeGro was among the Washington Post journalists who earned the paper a Pulitzer Prize<\/a> 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moore denied the allegations mentioned in the Post’s reporting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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