Meek will be sentenced on September 29.
Meek brought the iPhone containing the child sexual abuse material back with him when he returned to Virginia.
James Gordon Meek, 53, was arrested on Tuesday, according to the Justice Department.

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Meek, a military and national security investigative reporter who produced Hulus recent3212 Unredacted.
Meeks attorney did not immediately return a request for comment.
