The Justice Department just announced that Ryan Loskarn, the chief of staff for Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), was arrested this afternoon on child pornography charges. More here.

We’ve learned this afternoon that the child porn investigation tied to Sen. Lamar Alexander’s (R-TN) chief of staff is being run by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which so far isn’t saying much because the case is still under seal.

We’ve also put together some background about the chief of staff, Ryan Loskarn, who has been placed on leave by Alexander’s office.

Ed Kilgore on what’s really going on with the Republican ‘Civil War’.