The Latest: White House Calls Lewd Texting Charges ‘Disgusting’

The Latest: White House Calls Lewd Texting Charges ‘Disgusting’
Members of the White House security including Secret Service Uniformed Division, stand in front of an evacuated West Wing as the District of Columbia Fire Department responds to a call at the White House, Saturday, May 11, 2013. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
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DOVER, Del. — In a case marking the latest embarrassment for the agency that protects the president and his family, a uniformed Secret Service officer has posted bail on state charges of trying to solicit a teenage girl but he’s still being held in federal custody.

Lee Robert Moore, 37, of Church Hill, Maryland, waived his right to a preliminary hearing without appearing in court Friday in Delaware on state charges of sexual solicitation of a child under 18 and providing obscene material to a person under 18. He is charged separately in federal court with attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor.

This booking photo provided by the Delaware Department of Justice shows Lee Robert Moore. Federal authorities say Moore, a Secret Service agent from Maryland, sent obscene images and texts to someone he thought was a young Delaware girl, sometimes doing it while on duty at the White House. (Delaware Department of Justice via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
This booking photo provided by the Delaware Department of Justice shows Lee Robert Moore. Federal authorities say Moore, a Secret Service agent from Maryland, sent obscene images and texts to someone he thought was a young Delaware girl, sometimes doing it while on duty at the White House. (Delaware Department of Justice via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT