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Ex-Senate aide sentenced for kid porn

A former Senate aide has been sentenced to three years in prison for possessing child pornography.

James Michael McHaney, 28, of the District, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court, the U.S. attorney's office said. He was fired from his job as a scheduler for Sen. Maria Cantwell, Washington Democrat, after his arrest last year.

McHaney tried to arrange a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old boy last November, prosecutors said. Police later found child pornography in his car and home.

He was first charged with attempting to sexually exploit a minor, but pleaded guilty in February to a reduced charge of possession of child pornography.

Besides prison time, McHaney was sentenced to serve 10 years of supervised release.

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