{"id":1167478,"date":"2021-12-29T00:35:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T05:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1167478"},"modified":"2021-12-29T00:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T05:35:12","slug":"fairfax-county-police-confirm-jake-tappers-producer-under-investigation-by-child-exploitation-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fairfax-county-police-confirm-jake-tappers-producer-under-investigation-by-child-exploitation-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairfax County Police Confirm Jake Tapper\u2019s Producer Under Investigation by Child Exploitation Squad\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffairfax-county-police-confirm-jake-tappers-producer-under-investigation-by-child-exploitation-squad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1167478&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP626133437776-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Fairfax County police confirmed Tuesday that Rick Saleeby, senior producer for CNN\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Lead with Jake Tapper,&nbsp;<\/em>is under investigation by the department\u2019s Child Exploitation Squad.<\/p>\n<p>Saleeby\u2019s investigation comes after Project Veritas&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XgAoSgKj010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;video and text messages on December 15 that allegedly show him fantasizing about sex acts with his former fianc\u00e9\u2019s underaged daughter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Project Veritas&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.projectveritas.com\/news\/project-veritas-names-cnn-producer-involved-in-wednesdays-tragic-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;Saleeby\u2019s information two days after their initial report on December 17.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Fairfax County police confirmed Saleeby\u2019s investigation on Tuesday after Project Veritas investigators confronted Saleeby following a court appearance. Saleeby appeared in court to respond to a protective order placed against him by his former fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>The department\u2019s public affairs director, Anthony Guglielmi,&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.projectveritas.com\/news\/jake-tappers-producer-rick-saleeby-appears-in-virginia-court-refuses-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Fairfax County Police Department has launched an investigation into serious allegations involving potential juvenile victims. Detectives assigned to the Child Exploitation Squad of the Major Crimes Bureau are leading the investigation. While we will eventually be transparent about our findings, safeguarding the personal privacy and safety of victims and witnesses as well as maintaining the integrity of our criminal investigation are of paramount importance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The department declined to give additional details on the scope or nature of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Saleeby is not the only CNN producer under scrutiny for their alleged attraction to minors. Earlier this month, CNN\u2019s John Griffin, who worked for the company for eight years, was&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-vt\/pr\/connecticut-man-indicted-attempting-induce-minors-engage-unlawful-sexual-activity-ludlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a>&nbsp;on three counts of using a facility of interstate commerce to attempt to entice minors to engage in unlawful sexual activity.<\/p>\n<p>CNN has not commented on the allegations against Saleeby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fairfax County police confirmed Tuesday that Rick Saleeby, senior producer for CNN\u2019s\u00a0The Lead with Jake Tapper,\u00a0is under investigation by the department\u2019s Child Exploitation Squad. Saleeby\u2019s investigation comes after Project Veritas\u00a0revealed\u00a0video &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1167478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}