This puts me in mind of a rather prominent AM radio talk show host here in San Francisco. A well respected reporter who got a chance to host his own show...not once, but twice. He held a prime evening slot, and with San Francisco's liberal population, did very well with his left-leaning political opinions.
He was also an ordained Roman Catholic Priest with Theology degrees... taught theology from Washington DC to the SF Bay area and had another radio show every Sunday morning called "God Talk". He, personally, was responsible for the Thanksgiving Charities drive in SF that has raised over $4million for local food banks and shelters.
He also "...received the Scripps Howard Award for Excellence in Journalism for his investigative journalism in a ten-part series, Heaven Help Us, which explored allegations of financial and sexual misconduct of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.[7] He has also won numerous national awards, such as an Associated Press award for coverage of the Los Angeles riots of 1992" (Wikipedia quote and footnotes)
In December, 2007, he was indicted by a grand jury on two federal counts of distributing child pornography via the internet. Currently serving an 87 month sentence in Federal Prison.
His first excuse to even having this material in his possession, as per his lawyer, was that he, as an investigative reporter, was doing research.
Riiiiiiiight. And our individual here wanted to "Research" this cheating software. Youbetcha.