If he is just more willing that is one thing, if he is really more capable then he should get multiple job offers soon.
The images the FDLE recovered were pretty damaging to the prosecution ,,, I think they didn’t go 100% and try to recover all possible data after the easy stuff was recovered. The IT guy used an off the shelf law enforcement phone recovery package... seems competent enough by his demeanor and answers under questioning... he is toast in IT ,, time to look at new fields.