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Former ABC reporter and subject of right-wing conspiracy theories pleads guilty to transporting child sex abuse material
Charles R. Davis Jul 21, 2023, 4:57 PM EDT

Disgraced former ABC News reporter James Gordon Meek faces up to 40 years in prison when he is sentenced this September. Michael Le Brecht/ABC via Getty Images

Former ABC News reporter James Gordon Meek pleaded guilty Friday to child sex abuse charges.

Meek admitted to sending and receiving images of abused children.

After the FBI raided Meek's home last year, Tucker Carlson suggested he was being targeted for his reporting.
 

A former ABC News reporter who some conservative commenters have suggested was a target of a Biden administration war on journalism has pleaded guilty to possessing and transporting images of sexually abused children, the Department of Justice announced Friday.

https://www.insider.com/ex-abc-reporter-james-gordon-meek-child-porn-charges-2023-7
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UPDATE

Feds recommend 15-year prison sentence for ex ABC News journalist guilty of ‘sadistic’ child porn
Former ABC News producer James Gordon Meek is facing five years in prison minimum for collecting child porn for close to a decade
Gabriel Hays By Gabriel Hays Fox News
Published September 26, 2023 6:30pm EDT
https://www.foxnews.com/media/feds-recommend-15-year-prison-sentence-ex-abc-news-reporter-guilty-sadistic-child-porn
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