U.S. officials arrested Nader at John F. Kennedy Airport on Monday morning, the Justice Department said. Nader was charged under seal after he arrived in Washington from Dubai in January 2018 with a cellphone containing images of minors engaged in sexual conduct, officials said.
The criminal complaint, dated April 19, 2018, was made public after his arrest Monday.
Nader was a key figure in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference, sitting for multiple interviews and providing information on his effort to broker a meeting in the Seychelles between Trump ally and Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian financier.
He was arrested after landing at JFK and is expected to be arraigned Monday afternoon, according to the Department of Justice.
Nader pleaded guilty to the same charge in 1991.
An affidavit that was unsealed Monday alleges that a search warrant approved in a "matter unrelated to child pornography" allowed for the search of any items on Nader's person as well as his baggage. Among the items cleared for search were electronic devices, including cellphones.
Comment: It's a commentary on today's society that so many are able to close their eyes to the complete unfairness of allowing male-bodied athletes to compete with natural women. And notice, have there been any female-bodied transgender men trying to compete in male sports? Of course not. That inequity was the reason for creating separate events for women in the first place.