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Josh Duggar trial: Video, photo evidence of alleged child porn presented to jury: LIVE UPDATES

Duggar, who appeared on the reality show '19 Kids and Counting,' is on trial for allegedly possessing and downloading child pornography. The trial began on Wednesday.

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Federal investigator details what was allegedly obtained from a backup of Josh Duggar's phone

On Friday, director of the Department of Justice's High Technology Investigative Unit James Fottrell shared details obtained from a backup of Josh Duggar’s iPhone. It placed the phone at the car lot on the same dates and times that the illegal material was downloaded, accessed and shared on the dealership's desktop computer, KNWA reported. 

According to Buzzfeed, after Fottrell was asked by federal prosecutor William Clayman, “Based on [your] review, who was present at the car lot every time child pornography was downloaded?” 

Fottrell responded, “Josh Duggar.”

Court will resume on Monday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report

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Duggar family members arrive to court

Josh and Anna Duggar arrive at the courthouse on Friday morning. Also spotted arriving were Derick Dillard, Jill Duggar's husband, Joy-Anna Duggar and her husband Austin Forsyth.

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Computer expert takes the stand and reveals what he saw on Duggar's desktop

James Fottrell, director of the Department of Justice's High Technology Investigative Unit, took the stand on Thursday and Friday. He spoke about what devices his unit obtained from Josh Duggar's home office.

The items they seized included a personal MacBook, an iPhone, and the HP desktop. Fottrell testified that no illicit material was found on Duggar's personal laptop or cell phone but his HP desktop was riddled with it.

Fottrell said he found a Linux operating system in the computer, which was installed just days before the computer was linked to sharing child sexual abuse material in May 2019. Basically, the hard drive was split into two operating systems: one that appeared normal with business-related files and emails via Windows, and one where the illicit materials were found via Linux.

The Linux side required a password: intel1988, which the prosecution said is a password used by Duggar on separate accounts.

Forrell said when he dug deeper into the Linux hard drive he found "remnants of dozens" images and videos of child sexual abuse. The expert specified that after Linux was booted up on May 13, 2019, a controversial private Internet browser called Tor was downloaded within 20 mins. Tor keeps a user's Internet browsing anonymous.

A file-sharing program, uTorrent, was also installed in addition to a media player.

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Evidence of Josh Duggar's past molestation scandal can be introduced at trial, judge rules

The judge overseeing Josh Duggar's child pornography trial on Wednesday ruled in favor of the government's request to introduce evidence of his past molestation scandal.

Duggar's trial began on Wednesday after the jury was selected at a lengthy hearing on Tuesday. Duggar, 33, is facing two counts of downloading and possessing child pornography. He has pleaded not guilty. If convicted on all counts, Duggar faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 on each count. He has pleaded not guilty.

A court filing dated Dec. 1 states that the government's efforts to introduce evidence that Josh committed other acts of child molestation has been granted. Duggar's request for the evidence to be excluded at trial was denied.

Click here to read more on Fox News.

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Jury shown video and photo evidence of alleged child porn Thursday

The jury in the Josh Duggar trial was shown graphic images found in a cache folder for the Tor dark web browser that were connected to the defendant's name and address.

James Fottrell, the Director of the Department of Justice for Child Exploitation also took the stand to explain how the browser could be used to hide web searches and downloads of child pornography, according to The Sun.

Fottrell said the photos were popular traded images of child sexual abuse material.

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