The suspect was arrested last October following a search of his home in September. The investigation began after the arrest of a California man for possessing child pornography.

LoHud.com reports that chat records and emails between the two men were discovered. The arrest was part of the wider ‘Operation Predator’ investigations. The suspect was fired by the senator after his arrest. (In November, the senator lost his re-election bid for an eleventh term.)

The sentencing hearing is set for October and the defendant is being held without bail. He faces a possible ten years in prison. The Federal guidelines will likely result in a sentence anywhere from 57 and 71 months.