Editorial cartoonist Darrin Bell, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2019 in part for his artwork that took on the first Trump administration, was arrested on charges of allegedly possessing more than 100 child pornography videos and is being held under $1 million bail.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said investigators connected Bell, 49, to an online account where 134 files of child sex abuse were filed, The New York Times reported. 

A search warrant was served at Bell’s home Wednesday, where officers found more child pornography videos, including some that had been generated by artificial intelligence. 

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