...Officials from the FBI and the Indiana State Police referred questions about the search of Fogle's home to the U.S. attorney's office. A spokesman there said Department of Justice policy prohibits confirming or denying the existence of an investigation.
The search follows the May arrest of a man hired in 2008 to run Fogle's nonprofit, The Jared Foundation, which through trips to schools and other events encourages children to develop habits of healthy eating and exercise.
Russell Taylor, 43, of Indianapolis, was charged with seven counts of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Detectives said Taylor had produced and possessed child pornography involving children — both boys and girls — as young as 9 years old, court documents said.
Two thumb drives found in Taylor's home office appeared to have a link to Fogle or his foundation, according to court records.
One drive, police said, contained "commercially made child pornography from Eastern Europe similar to that seized on other investigations" and "revealed a document file with Taylor's employer listed in the file name."
In the documents, the investigating detective described another drive in which "videos of child pornography and child erotica were recovered as were documents related to his employment as director of a foundation."
