using the phone, destroying evidence, "coercion"?

Not condoning what he did, and he more'n likely should be fired, but jailed?

that pretty much gives the Feds the hook to say it involves interstate transit, same with the internet.

I agree it's curious why it rose to the level of a federal prosecution. There must be something that got the feds interested and involved other than what's reported.

Age of consent for feds is 18 so you play with 16-18 at your peril.

Case in point, let's say you have sex with a 16 year old in a state where the age of consent is 16. OK, that's legal, gross but legal.

Now, say she sends you a naked pic of her breasts, or you take a pic of her while you are having sex.
Welp, that's child pornography and that's a federal crime since 18 is the minimum age.

I think we do need to standardized age of consent. Make it all 18 everywhere. Have the three year rule so that a high school senior isn't a registered sex offender because his birthday comes a few days before his girlfriend's birthday (although I'd be fine if it were only 1 or 2 years).

But right now, we have too much variation in what is and isn't a crime in dealing with 16 and 17 year old's. We can do it with alcohol, voting, and whatnot, we should be able to do it with sexual consent.