September 28, 2019
EXTREMELY ON-BRAND:
Prosecutors: Army official at Mar-a-Lago uploaded suspected child porn to Russian website (MARTIN VASSOLO AND NICHOLAS NEHAMAS, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019, Miami Herald)
A military official formerly in charge of all White House communications for the U.S. Army at Mar-a-Lago was sentenced to three years of probation on Friday after he made false statements to a federal agent during a child pornography investigation.Richard Ciccarella -- a non-commissioned officer who told federal agents he was in charge of communications at President Donald Trump's Palm Beach resort -- became a target of an investigation after he uploaded photos of a young girl to a seedy Russian website between 2017 and 2018, according to court documents.
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 28, 2019 10:03 AM