CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) -- A now-suspended Charleston County magistrate judge is facing federal charges in connection with a child sexual exploitation investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina.

James B. Gosnell, Jr., 68, was taken into custody Sept. 16 by federal authorities in Charleston County and charged with possession of child sexual abuse material.

Prosecutors stated that the investigation began after agents with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that multiple financial transactions had been made in November 2024 to a known distributor of child sexual abuse material in the United Kingdom.

Investigators traced the payments to an online money tr

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