Josh Duggar Child Porn Case: Key Moments In Trial As Jury Deliberations Begin

Testimony has concluded in Josh Duggar's child pornography trial in federal court in Arkansas, and jury deliberations began Wednesday.

The former "19 Kids and Counting" star, 33, is accused of using the internet in May 2019 to download child pornography, some of which depicts the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12. He pleaded not guilty to charges of downloading and possessing child pornography, for which he faces up to 20 years in prison on each count if convicted.

The trial began last week, and the prosecution rested its case Monday, the Associated Press reported. Duggar's lawyers began calling witnesses, and the defense rested Tuesday.

Here are key pieces of evidence and testimony that the jury will have to consider as it deliberates Duggar's fate, according to Insider and People.

1. Duggar's alleged strong tech skills

Multiple witnesses testified about Duggar's tech aptitude, which his attorneys have downplayed throughout the trial. Clint Branham, a Walmart cybersecurity expert who said that he had "run in the same circles" as Duggar for two decades, described the former reality star as "a power user of computer systems" who was "comfortable modifying hardware," KNWA reported.

Jim Holt, the husband of Duggar family friend Bobye Holt, testified that Duggar discussed setting up Linux partitions — which separate and isolate a section of a disk or hard drive — with him in 2010.

Duggar's desktop computer where child pornography was found had a Linux partition installed, investigators said. Prosecutors have alleged that Duggar installed it so he could download child pornography without being detected by the "accountability software" that reported his internet activity to his wife.

2. The activity on Duggar's devices when child pornography was downloaded

James Fottrell, director of the Justice Department's High Technology Investigative Unit, testified about the activity occurring between May 11 and May 16 of 2019 on an HP desktop computer, a MacBook Pro laptop and an iPhone recovered from Duggar's car dealership, BuzzFeed News reported.

Fottrell testified that on May 15, Duggar's cellphone sent a text message saying he would be at the car lot until 6 p.m. Just after that message was sent, Duggar's desktop computer downloaded a file named "Marissa.zip," which included 65 child pornography images, Fottrell said.

Duggar's attorneys said that Duggar's employees had access to the HP desktop computer and to the car dealership's WiFi and argued that someone else could have downloaded the material.

3. Duggar's familiarity with the dark web and peer-to-peer file sharing

Duggar spoke to federal agents for nearly an hour without a lawyer present when the agents executed a search warrant at his car dealership in 2019., KNWA reported. Homeland Security Investigations special agent Gerald Faulkner testified that before he or his colleague had asked Duggar any questions, the TV personality asked him, "What is this about? Has somebody been downloading child porn?"

Faulkner said that he and his colleague then turned on an audio recorder, and Duggar acknowledged his familiarity with various online software commonly used to access child pornography.

Prosecutors played parts of Duggar's interview with the federal agents, revealing that the former reality star discussed the car dealership's internet access, peer-to-peer file-sharing networks and the software Tor, which allows users to anonymously browse the "dark web."

Duggar said he only used Tor to upload photos for the car dealership.

4. A government computer forensics expert's testimony on how Duggar allegedly hid child porn on his computer

Fottrell testified that the hard drive of Duggar's computer was split into two components: one public, business-related side that used a Windows operating system and one password-protected, private side that used a Linux operating system. The expert said the split occurred just days before Duggar's work computer downloaded child pornography, People reported.

The Windows side had an "accountability" software called Covenant Eyes that automatically detected pornography and sent reports to his wife Anna Duggar, Fottrell testified. However, the software could not access the Linux side, which was where evidence was found of child pornography being downloaded, streamed or deleted.

According to Fottrell, the password for the computer's Linux side was intel1988, which prosecutors said Duggar has used on other personal accounts and which refers to the year Duggar was born.

5. A family friend's testimony describing Duggar's child molestation confessions

Bobye Holt testified that when Duggar was a teenager, the eldest child of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar told her in multiple conversations about touching the "private areas" of four of his sisters, whom she did not name.

Duggar is not and has never been charged with child molestation, but the judge overseeing his child pornography trial said the molestation allegations were relevant to the current charges and allowed prosecutors to present them as evidence.

Duggar publicly acknowledged the incidents in 2015, apologizing and stating that he underwent counseling.

6. Speculation that Duggar's computer was the target of a "hit and run" scheme

Michele Bush, a private digital forensic examiner, disagreed with much of Fottrell's testimony. She testified that someone could have accessed Duggar's computer remotely and downloaded the child pornography.

Bush said the activity on the desktop computer resembled a "hit and run" scheme, where hackers remotely access computers and then abandon them, according to People. "The evidence leads me to believe that's a very viable possibility," she said.