Report: Government Employee Arrested for Child Porn Got to Keep His Job
Want to know how disgusting the swamp is that President Donald Trump is trying to drain? Check out the follow excerpt from a new report published Friday by The Daily Caller:
A federal investigator discovered “that a NASA intern was downloading child pornographic material onto his personal laptop” on Dec. 5, 2014, according to a NASA Inspector General (IG) report TheDCNF obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
Hernaez allowed investigators to search his laptop. They “confirmed the presence of images and videos on the computer that appeared to depict naked underage children engaged in sexually explicit conduct,” the report said. Investigators informed Hernaez that “he did not have to say anything and he was free to leave.”
“I made a mistake. I will never do it again. I have child porn. Why am I not getting arrested?” Hernaez told investigators. He confessed to downloading and viewing the porn and said he knew doing so was illegal.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California declined to prosecute Hernaez, but the reason was redacted from the IG report. An assistant U.S. attorney encouraged investigators to seek prosecution through the Santa Clara County, California, District Attorney’s Office.
This was the treatment for a government intern, not a high-ranking government official. The incident took place more than two years ago. Click here to read more of the Daily Caller’s report. {eoa}
