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Radio talk show hosts in Keene said a co-host is being unfairly targeted in a child pornography investigation after FBI agents raided their studio Sunday morning.
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Investigators are not disclosing details of the search but said that no arrests have been made.
Officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, New Hampshire State Police and Keene Police Department searched the house on Leverett Street at about 6 a.m. and seized computers.
Ian Freeman, an organizer of Free Keene, a liberty activist group, lives at the house. Freeman is also on the Free Talk live radio show on Liberty Radio Network.
On Sunday night's show, Freeman called the search a child pornography investigation and denied the allegations when questioned by his co-host.
"Did you access this website?" the co-host asked.
"No," Freeman replied. "I don't even know what site this is that they're claiming I accessed."
"We're just speculating at this point," the co-host said. "Did you access any child porn websites within the last year on TOR?"
"No," Freeman said.
Last week, the Free State Project, a movement to bring thousands of libertarians to New Hampshire, cut ties with Freeman and the radio show after Freeman made comments about the age of consent.
One of his co-hosts and roommates, T.J. Park, said Freeman has not done anything wrong. He said about 10 computers were seized from the house, including his own laptop and their radio studio laptop.
“His character is beyond reproach," Park said. I would feel completely comfortable with any of my young family members being with him. And likewise, we do not know the full facts, so we look forward to having this opportunity. We're sure when the facts come out, they will vindicate Ian, LRN and anybody else, and we will figure out the people that are responsible for this."
The FBI said the Sunday morning search is part of an ongoing federal investigation but declined to comment further.
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PUBLICLY. WE REPORT FROM TEAM. TONIGHT NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. BUT THE FBI ALONG WITH STATE POLICE AND KEENE OFFICERS SEARCHED THE HOME AND TOOK ELECTRONICS. INVESTIGATORS AREN'T SAYI MUCH, BUT PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOME SURE ARE. FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED COMPUTERS FROM A HOUSE ON LEVERETT STREET IN KEENE AROUND 6:00 THIS MORNING. THAT'S WHERE IAN FREEMAN LIVES, SHOWN HERE IN VIDEO TAKEN LAST YEAR. HE'S THE ORGANIZER OF FREE KEENE, A LIBERTY ACTIVIST GROUP. FREEMAN IS ALSO A HOST ON FR TALK LIVE RADIO SHOW ON LIBERTY RADIO NETWORK, WHICH IS BROADCAST FROM THE SAME HOUSE. ON TONIGHT'S SHOW, FREEMAN CALLED THE SEARCH A CHILD PORN INVESTIGATION AND DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS WHEN QUESTIONED BY HIS CO-HOST. >> DID YOU ACCESS THIS WEBSITE? >> NO. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SITE THIS IS THAT THEY'RE CLAIMIN >> WE'RE JUST SPECULATING AT THIS POINT. DID YOU ACCESS ANY CHILD PORN TOR? >> N >> WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY AGAINST CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND CHILD MOLESTATION AND EXPLOITATION IN ANY FORM. HOME. >> THEY TOOK MY LAPTOP. THEY TOOK THE STUDIO LAPTOP, ANYTHING THAT WAS A COMPUTER OR A CAMERA, THEY TOOK. >> LAST WEEK, THE FREE STATE PROJECT, A MOVEMENT TO BRING THOUSANDS OF LIBERTARIANS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, CUT TIES WITH FREEMAN AND THE RADIO SHOW AFTER FREEM MADE COMMENTS ABOUT THE AGE OF CONSENT. FREEMAN'S ROOMMATES SAY HE AND OTHERS IN THE HOUSE ARE INNOCENT. >> HIS CHARACTER IS BEYOND REPROACH. I WOULD FEEL COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH ANY OF MY YOUNG FAMILY MEMBERS BEING WITH HIM. AND LIKEWISE, WE DO NOT KNOW THE FULL FACTS, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY WE'RE THEY WILL VINDICATE IAN AND LRN AND ANYBODY ELSE AND WE WILL FIGURE OUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. >> THE FBI SAYS THIS MORNING'S SEARCH IS PART OF AN ONGOING