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Thomas Pham LeGro, a 48-year-old video editor (Deputy Director of Video) at The Washington Post, was arrested after the authorities found child porn on his work computer on Thursday, June 26, 2025, the DC US Attorney, Jeanine Pirro announced on Friday, as reported by the NY Times.
The FBI agents had executed a search warrant at his residence in Washington, D.C. From his residence, they seized multiple devices, including his work laptop, in which they found a folder that contained 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse material.
Thomas was a part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for investigative reporting on the Senate campaign of Roy Moore in Alabama, and has worked at The Washington Post for 18 years.
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When the FBI raided LeGro's apartment in Washington, DC, they also found broken pieces of hard drives in the hallway outside the room where his work laptop was found.
The case is being handled by the DOJ and the FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, as part of Project Safe Childhood. The Washington Post has placed LeGro on administrative leave and has said they are taking the allegations seriously.
He made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in D.C. on Friday, June 27, 2025. He is facing federal charges of possession of child pornography, and if convicted, he will face 20 years in prison.
According to an FBI affidavit, Thomas was found connected to several E-Gold accounts back in 2005 and 2006. An E-Gold account was like a digital wallet but was shut down by the US government, as it was reported that these accounts helped hide money for people involved in child pornography.
Then, in May, the FBI got permission from the court to track LeGro's internet activity as part of their investigation. According to NBC Washington, Thomas is currently held in custody until a detention hearing, scheduled for Wednesday.
While he worked for The Washington Post from 2000- 2006, he had also worked at PBS NewsHour as a reporter and producer for a short period of time before re-joining the Washington Post.
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