Posted on 09/30/2023 9:04:12 AM PDT by Libloather
A former investigative journalist with ABC News and father-of-two girls has been sentenced to six years in jail after he was found guilty of possessing child porn.
James Gordon Meek, 53, was sentenced to 72 months in prison after he was caught sending and receiving sexually explicit content involving prepubescent minors while visiting South Carolina in 2020.
Federal prosecutors had initially pushed for the disgraced journalist to receive between 12 and a half and 15 years.
Meek joined ABC News' Washington bureau as an investigative producer in 2013 and was based in Virginia returned to Virginia with an iPhone containing the child sex abuse material (CSAM).
Officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia explained how Meek possessed several electronic devices containing images and videos of minors engaged in sexually explicit content.
Earlier this year, he was charged with possessing and transporting child photography following an FBI raid on his Arlington penthouse in April 2022.
In court papers filed last Friday, prosecutors revealed Meek's actions in detail.
In them, prosecutors Zoe Bedell and Whitney Kramer wrote: 'He clearly sought out individuals across the internet for the specific purpose of sharing (and expanding) his [Child Sexual Abuse Material] collection for his sexual gratification.'
Bedell and Kramer noted how Meek both sent and received pornography of 'infants and toddlers' together with content 'depicting sadistic and masochistic abuse of prepubescent children.'
Meek, who is divorced, would solicit lewd images from underage individuals and even pose 'as a minor himself.'
An FBI affidavit told how evidence was also seized showing Meek using Snapchat and other apps to pressure minors into sending him sexually explicit images.
In some of those communications, Meek portrayed himself as a girl.
Text messages were found by police that saw Meek conversing with two girls...
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The powers that be wanted that story killed
as quickly as possible. They didn't like that
facet of their wickedness exposed.
But I think everyone now has an idea what all of our
Deep State elitist overlords have been up to.
Pretty much a typical person who works in the news media. Nothing to see here
Yep. Likely protecting himself as much as them. Probably also got some favors from the powerful pedos for taking the pressure off them.
Only 6 years?
So why didn’t FEeBees just lose the evidence?
It isn’t like they can find most stuff requested under FOIA filings.
Another thing that makes one go “Hmmmmmmm….. Huh.”
Please no one answer this, but what would “non-sadistic” child sexual abuse be?
I don't know why President Sniffer doesn't care about protecting young girls... any guesses?
Only those they don’t abort.
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