• Latest
  • Trending
FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Destroying Evidence Relevant to Case Against Pro-Trump State Senator

FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Destroying Evidence Relevant to Case Against Pro-Trump State Senator

08/19
Gaetz McCarthy Biden Debt Deal

Gaetz Joins Bishop’s Cause, Will Vote No on McCarthy-Biden Debt Deal

05/30
Ted Cruz Calls Ugandan Execution of Pedophiles a ‘Grotesque’ ‘Abomination’

Ted Cruz Calls Ugandan Execution of Pedophiles a ‘Grotesque’ ‘Abomination’

05/30
Trump Promises to End Birthright Citizenship to Children of Illegal Aliens

Trump Promises to End Birthright Citizenship to Children of Illegal Aliens

05/30
Working Class Failure: Ron DeSantis Polls at 9% in WV

Working Class Failure: Ron DeSantis Polls at 9% in WV

05/30
Another One Bites The Dust: Chick-Fil-A Goes Woke

Another One Bites The Dust: Chick-Fil-A Goes Woke

05/30
Virginia: GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares Backs DC Gun Control

Virginia: GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares Backs DC Gun Control

05/30
Montana Becomes First State to Ban Drag Queen Story Hour Grooming Sessions

Montana Becomes First State to Ban Drag Queen Story Hour Grooming Sessions

05/30
Trump Support Swells as DeSantis Collapses in New Poll

Trump Support Swells as DeSantis Collapses in New Poll

05/29
McCarthy Deal

MAGA Base Blasts McCarthy-Biden Debt Deal

05/28
Lindsey Graham: Ukraine Aid is ‘The Best Money We’ve Ever Spent’

Lindsey Graham: Ukraine Aid is ‘The Best Money We’ve Ever Spent’

05/28
Memorial Day Weather

Global Warming: Cold Front Wreacks Havoc on Memorial Day Weekend

05/27
DeSantis

High-Ranking DeSantis Advisor Christina Pushaw Argues with 16 Year Old on Twitter

05/26
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Subscribe
SUPPORT
National File
  • Home
  • Culture
    • Christianity
    • Video Games
    • Marxism
    • Snowflakes
    • Free Speech
  • News
    • Breaking News
    • International News
    • Fake News
    • Exclusive
  • Politics
    • Gun Rights
    • The Swamp
    • Deep State
    • Supreme Court
    • 2020
    • 2022
    • 2024
  • Big Tech
    • Technology
    • Alt-Tech
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Rona’
SUBSCRIBE
  • Home
  • Culture
    • Christianity
    • Video Games
    • Marxism
    • Snowflakes
    • Free Speech
  • News
    • Breaking News
    • International News
    • Fake News
    • Exclusive
  • Politics
    • Gun Rights
    • The Swamp
    • Deep State
    • Supreme Court
    • 2020
    • 2022
    • 2024
  • Big Tech
    • Technology
    • Alt-Tech
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Rona’
No Result
View All Result
National File
SUBSCRIBE
Home Politics Deep State

FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Destroying Evidence Relevant to Case Against Pro-Trump State Senator

Arkansas State Senator Jon Woods was the first elected official in the state to endorse Trump in 2016

by Cullen McCue
August 19, 2022
in Deep State
FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Destroying Evidence Relevant to Case Against Pro-Trump State Senator
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Last Updated on August 19, 2022

On August 17, Former FBI Special Agent Robert Cessario signed a plea agreement in which he admitted to paying a business to permanently erase data from his hard drive so that forensic examiners could not analyze its contents. The wiped data was relevant to the corruption trial of former Arkansas State Senator Jon Woods, who was convicted of mail and wire fraud in 2018.

Cessario admitted in the plea agreement that he had erased the contents of the hard drive while being fully aware that a court had ordered the laptop to be submitted to an FBI field office in Little Rock for forensic examination. Also in the plea agreement, Cessario admitted that he intended to make “the contents of the computer’s hard unavailable for forensic examination.”

RelatedPosts

DeSantis Mega Donor Ken Griffin Attends Bilderberg 2023

Woke Biden-Appointed US Attorney Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal

Whistleblower: FBI Withheld J6 Video to Conceal Undercover Agents

In addition, the former FBI special agent stated that he knew “the contents of the hard drive were relevant to an official proceeding, that is, Cause No. 5:17-CR-50010, United States v. Woods et al.”

According to KATV, Cessario was facing charges of “corrupt destruction of record in an official proceeding.” He could face up to 20 years in federal prison.

BREAKING REPORT: FBI Agent Robert Cessario Pleads Guilty to DESTROYING EVIDENCE in case against Jon Woods, the first elected official in the state of Arkansas to endorse President Trump in 2016..

— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) August 19, 2022

Woods was charged after former state Rep. Micah Neal secretly recorded conversations with Woods in hopes of aiding investigators and lightening the sentence for his own financial crimes. The former state rep. used an audio recorder to tape conversations between he and Woods, which were referenced in the latter’s trial. Neal ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud on Jan 4, 2017.

Cessario, who later made copies of the audio recordings, reportedly provided the court only 39 of Neal’s 119 audio files ahead of the trial. When asked to provide the remainder of the recordings, as significant gaps were apparent, the former FBI special agent took the laptop they were stored on to a computer repair shop. From there, he paid to have the hard drive wiped, and later performed a second wipe himself.

Court documents indicate that Cessario’s texts revealed his bias ahead of the trial. In one text, he told Shane Wilkinson, former Arkansas Rep. Micah Neal’s counsel, that the trial would be “hilarious.” In another, he claimed that Woods was a “true narcissist.”

In addition to documented bias and destruction of evidence, there was a potential conflict of interest in the Woods trial itself. Cessario, who interviewed woods in November 2015, had previously been represented by the attorney who represented the former state senator, W.H. Taylor, Esq. A year before the trial, Taylor represented Cessario in the former agent’s divorce proceedings.

Taylor reportedly instructed Woods to meet with Cessario without a legal representative present on numerous occasions.

This conflict of interest was known in 2018, prompting Judge Timothy Brooks to ask: “Can a zealous and effective defense be expected of the shepherd when the wolf appears in sheep’s clothing? The course of events certainly raises the appearance of impropriety.”

Woods was ultimately sentenced to 18 years in prison, where he remains despite Cessario’s guilty verdict.

RELATED: FBI Targets Anti-CRT Parents Using Counterterrorism Tools After NSBA Letter

Tags: ArkansasCorruptionDeep StateDonald TrumpFBIJon Woods

Related Posts

Globalist DeSantis
2024

DeSantis Mega Donor Ken Griffin Attends Bilderberg 2023

May 25, 2023
Woke Biden-Appointed US Attorney Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal
Deep State

Woke Biden-Appointed US Attorney Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal

May 19, 2023
FBI Whistleblower
Deep State

Whistleblower: FBI Withheld J6 Video to Conceal Undercover Agents

May 19, 2023
Load More
Facebook Twitter Reddit Telegram RSS

Category

  • 2020
  • 2022
  • 2024
  • Alt-Tech
  • Big Tech
  • Borders
  • Breaking News
  • cartoons
  • China
  • Christianity
  • Civil Unrest
  • Climate Hysteria
  • commentary
  • Coronavirus
  • Culture
  • Deep State
  • Economic War
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Election Integrity
  • Elections
  • Exclusive
  • Fake News
  • Fake News Media
  • Feminism
  • Free Speech
  • Gun Rights
  • Hate Hoax
  • Human Trafficking
  • Immigration
  • Impeachment
  • International News
  • January 6th
  • LGBTQ
  • Life
  • lifestyle
  • Marxism
  • Movies
  • National Security
  • Nationalism vs. Globalism
  • News
  • op-ed
  • Opinion
  • Opioid Crisis
  • Politics
  • Radical Islam
  • Related Stories
  • Sex Crimes
  • Snowflakes
  • Soros
  • Sports
  • States
  • Supreme Court
  • Technology
  • The Hill
  • The Swamp
  • Video
  • Video Games
  • Violent Crime
  • Vote fraud
  • Voter Fraud
  • Voter Fraud Investigation
  • White House
  • Wholesome News

Recent News

  • Gaetz Joins Bishop’s Cause, Will Vote No on McCarthy-Biden Debt Deal
  • Ted Cruz Calls Ugandan Execution of Pedophiles a ‘Grotesque’ ‘Abomination’
  • Trump Promises to End Birthright Citizenship to Children of Illegal Aliens

© 2022 NationalFile.com National File, LLC. Privacy. Corrections. About Us. All Rights Reserved.
Have any questions or suggestions? If you are having difficulty unsubscribing from our mail subscription please send an email here [email protected] Want to advertise with us? Please email: [email protected]

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • News
  • Culture
  • Coronavirus
  • Sports
  • 2020
  • Breaking News
  • Civil Unrest
  • International News
  • The Swamp
  • Big Tech
  • Deep State
  • Voter Fraud
  • Marxism
  • Free Speech
  • DONATE
  • SUBSCRIBE

© 2022 NationalFile.com National File, LLC. Privacy. Corrections. About Us. All Rights Reserved.
Have any questions or suggestions? If you are having difficulty unsubscribing from our mail subscription please send an email here [email protected] Want to advertise with us? Please email: [email protected]

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In