Ex-Washington Post staffer pleads guilty to child pornography possession

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the concern with youth crime in Washington, D.C., as teen 'takeovers' threaten cities nationwide. A former Washington Post staffer pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography possession Friday, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in Washington, D.C. 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. "During the execution of the warrant, agents observed what appeared to be fractured pieces of a hard drive hidden under a rug in the basement of the residence," Pirro's office wrote. "A review of LeGro's laptop revealed a folder that contained 11 videos depicting child sexual abuse. These videos depicted adult men sex