James Gordon Meek’s Child Pornography Conviction Results In Hulu’s ‘3212 Un-Redacted’ Documentary Being Pulled From Service

Hulu has removed the 2021 documentary 3212 Un-Redacted after former ABC News producer and investigative journalist James Gordon Meek was sentenced to six years in federal prison for possession of child sex abuse materials.

Variety reports that Hulu removed the documentary this past week. According to a Variety source, the documentary was removed because the licensing window expired. But it will not be renewed in light of Meek’s recent conviction; the investigative journalist served as a producer on the film and appeared on camera throughout it.

3212 Un-Redacted exposes the true story behind the deaths of four U.S. Special Forces soldiers in Africa and the lengths the United States Army went to cover up the deaths. The ABC News documentary, which released on Hulu in 2021, earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary.

Meek was sentenced to six years in jail on Sept. 29 after pleading guilty for possessing and transporting child sex abuse materials. He faced a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of 40 years.

According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Meek “used an online messaging platform on his iPhone to send and receive images and videos depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and to discuss his sexual interest in children.”

Meek abruptly resigned from ABC in 2022 on the same day the FBI raided his home, citing “personal reasons,” according to The Daily Beast. A previous Variety report states that the FBI seized “multiple devices” from Meek’s home in Arlington, Virginia that contained “evidence of the transportation of images of child sexual abuse.”

Prior to his resignation, Meek was considered a star reporter at ABC News. He earned four Emmy nominations and one win during his time at the network. At the time of the FBI raid, Meek was poised to receive the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation’s World Press Freedom Award for his work. He never received the trophy after the FBI raid.

He was also in talks to adapt the book he co-authored with retired Green Beret Lt. Col. Scott Mann, Operation Pineapple Express: The Incredible Story of a Group of Americans Who Undertook One Last Mission and Honored a Promise in Afghanistan.

Variety reports that the project is now dead, even though his name has been removed from the book.