Subway Becomes Twitter's Top Trending Topic After FBI Raids Jared Fogle's Home

Spokesman's foundation exec faces child porn charges

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For 15 years, Jared Fogle has been an ideal spokesman for Subway, which benefited as much from his earnest demeanor as from his redemptive weight-loss story. 

This morning, though, Subway is facing an unexpected turnabout in public opinion of its longtime pitchman after his home was raided by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. Many observers assume the search is connected to the recent child pornography charges against the head of Fogle's charitable foundation, though authorities have not confirmed the two are related.

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