FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – Court documents say federal prosecutors intend to call a forensic computer expert with the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation during the trial of former state Sen. Ray Holmberg.
Holmberg is accused of repeatedly traveling to Prague in the Czech Republic between 2011 and 2016 for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts with a minor. A federal indictment was unsealed this week in U.S. District Court.
According to documents filed by federal prosecutors on Nov. 3, search warrants were used to examine a state-owned laptop computer labeled “Property of Legislative Assembly” and three email accounts, including Holmberg’s state government-issued account.
The expert will testify about his knowledge concerning commonly used search terms by child porn offenders, names of files, and other relative matters. He will also testify that the number of child pornography images recovered on Holmberg’s devices “indicate an intention to possess such material.”
Holmberg, one of the legislature’s most powerful lawmakers for decades, has pleaded “not guilty.”
A trial date has been scheduled for December 5.
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