Josh Duggar Refused To Provide Computer Password To Federal Agents In Seizure During Child Porn Probe
Aug. 16 2021, Published 12:55 p.m. ET
The law enforcement officers who investigated Josh Duggar over alleged child pornography seized his cell phone after executing a search warrant out of fear he would erase incriminating evidence.
According to a newly unsealed court transcript obtained by Breaking Celebrity News, during Duggar’s hearing for bond, the government brought a federal agent who worked on the case to the stand.
The agent described to the court the day they executed the search warrant on Duggar’s car lot. They had obtained the warrant after being tipped off about child pornography being on the former TLC star’s work computer.
During the hearing, the agent said they arrived on the scene and informed Duggar of the warrant that allowed them to search his property. They told him he was not arrested and free to leave if he wished.
Duggar stayed on the scene and watched the officers combing through his office and seizing his work computer and another laptop found on the premises.
At no point did the agents tell Duggar what they were investigating. The agent said, “Typically, we don’t like to tell our potential targets or witnesses’ case-specific facts because it’s possible to spoil any statement that could be made. So instead of a statement based on their own knowledge, they could tend to start to include facts that were only told to them or known to them through law enforcement.”
The agent said while