Melania Trump Applauds First Conviction Under ‘Take It Down Act’ for Online Sexual Abuse Materials

First Lady Melania Trump celebrated the first conviction under the “Take It Down Act,” a law she strongly advocated for in 2025. “I am proud to have worked with Congress to provide U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II with a strong legal mechanism to protect innocent victims from cybercrimes of this nature,” the first lady wrote in an X post on Tuesday. James Strahler II pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court on Tuesday to cyberstalking, producing obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse and publication of digital forgeries, according to an April 7 press release by the U.S Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Ohio....