Ex-Senate aide gets five years for child porn

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A former high-ranking aide to U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer was sentenced to five years in prison for possessing child pornography.

Jeff P. Rosato, 32, of Arlington, received the minimum sentencing allowed under federal guidelines at his hearing Friday before District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria. Rosato faced a maximum 20 years. Prosecutors asked for 6 1/2 years. He will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

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