CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A former Charleston County magistrate judge is set to face arraignment Thursday morning for federal child pornography charges.

James Benjamin Gosnell Jr., 68, is facing six different charges related to the possession, receipt, distribution, attempted receipt of and conspiracy to receive and distribute child sex abuse materials, federally referred to as child pornography.

Gosnell, known for his controversial statements made while presiding over the bond hearing of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, was suspended as a judge last month upon his arrest and resigned shortly thereafter.

A grand jury this week formally indicted Gosnell and an unnamed man who prosecutors allege to be his coconspirator. The codefendant is someone who, according to court docum

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