How the videotaped crimes of a notorious Australian child trafficker...

...convicted and locked up for life in the Philippines...

...allegedly wound up on Josh Duggar’s computer in the US, leading to his prosecution.

ICYMI, last week’s podcast: art19.com/shows/objectio…
This is the backstory of one of the files Duggar is accused of receiving and possessing, made by convicted child rapist and human trafficker Peter Scully.

In this episode, I interviewed a correspondent who covered Scully's crime scene in the Philippines.
It's less the story of Duggar's case than the human trafficking operation behind what one federal investigator described as one of the "Top Five worst of the worst" files allegedly found on his computer.

—and the financiers, alleged accomplices and networks that enabled it.
Note for listeners of my podcast:

I've been in transit over the past week, moving from Houston back to NYC. So, this week's episode will be delayed.

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One of her proposed questions here.

Follow along here—unless you're a proposed juror.

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This is a telephone conference.

It's the judge's discretion as to whether masks need to be worn inside the courtroom.
The judge and the parties are working out scheduling in the jury selection process now.
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The hearing is beginning:

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Lyle Dohrmann is now up, saying that the government has provided a "large, first volume" of formal discovery.

There's a second volume in the works, "somewhat soon."

Followed by a third volume.
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Major news stories are often as messy as life.

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Just a messy one.
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