Former ABC News reporter, James Gordon Meek, who bragged about ‘debunking’ evidence of an elite pedophile ring dubbed ‘Pizzagate’ was arrested and pled guilty to child pornography charges.
Meek pled guilty to the transportation and possession of child sexual abuse material after the FBI conducted a raid on the journalist’s Arlington home in April 2022, finding a Dropbox account of ‘sickening child rape’ materials of minors stored on Meek’s account.
Court papers indicate the investigation began when Dropbox reached out to the FBI to discuss videos showing the sexual abuse of children. The Department of Justice reported some of the images and videos depicting “prepubescent minors and minors under the age of 12, including an infant being raped.”
In one disturbing message, Meek allegedly asked someone on a chat app, “Have you ever raped a toddler girl? It’s amazing.” In another message he shared a perverted fantasy of “abducting, drugging, and raping” a 12-year-old girl.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 53-year-old’s charges relate to a February 2020 visit to South Carolina, where he “used an unidentified online messaging platform on his personal iPhone to send and receive both images and videos that depicted minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in addition to discussing his sexual interest in children.”
According to an FBI affidavit, disturbing findings came to light during a search conducted at Meek’s residence last year. The agents discovered numerous child sexual abuse images and videos, spanning back to at least 2014.
The affidavit further reveals that seized evidence indicated Meek’s use of various apps, including Snapchat, to coerce minors into sending sexually explicit images. Shockingly, some of these communications involved Meek portraying himself as a girl, adding an additional layer of concerning behavior. It’s worth noting that these specific allegations are not explicitly mentioned in his plea deal.
Meek was a once-acclaimed national security and investigative journalist, praised for his Emmy award-winning breaking news coverage of the 2017 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. He joined ABC News’ Washington bureau as an investigative producer in 2013.
Meek will be sentenced in September, facing up to 40 years in prison, though a maximum sentence is unlikely. One of the charges carries a five-year mandatory minimum.
