Ex-network investigative journalist pleads guilty to child sexual abuse material charges

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James Gordon Meek, a former investigative journalist for ABC News who covered national security issues for the network, admitted during a plea hearing in U.S. District Court that he illegally possessed and transported images of child sexual abuse.

Court papers indicate the investigation began when the FBI received a tip from Dropbox about videos showing the sexual abuse of children in an account associated with Meek.

An FBI affidavit indicates that agents founds dozens of child sexual abuse images and videos when they searched Meek’s home last year, going back to at least 2014. Meek’s lawyer had unsuccessfully argued that the evidence was obtained illegally and should have been tossed out. The plea deal preserves Meek’s right to pursue an appeal to have the evidence dismissed.

 

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