Josh Duggar trial verdict finds him guilty on child pornography charges
By: By Nate Day , Melissa Roberto | Fox News
The former '19 Kids and Counting' star faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 for each count when he’s sentenced
Another pedo bites the dust...probably be biting pillows pretty soon, too
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Josh Duggar has been found guilty on child pornography charges, a jury in Arkansas ruled on Thursday.
The former reality TV star was immediately taken into custody after a federal jury convicted him of downloading and possessing child pornography.
The jury in Fayetteville, about 140 miles (225 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, found the 33-year-old Duggar guilty on one count each of receiving and possessing child pornography. He faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 for each count when he’s sentenced.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks said sentencing will happen in about four months, Fayetteville TV station KNWA reported.
Duggar's attorneys released a statement to Fox News shortly after the verdict, saying they intend to appeal.
"We appreciate the jury’s lengthy deliberations, we respect the jury’s verdict, and we intend to appeal," defense attorneys Justin Gelfand, Ian Murphy, and Travis Story said.
US Attorneys in the case held a press conference outside the courthouse after the verdict was announced.
"This case represents a significant milestone for the Western District of Arkansas and our continued efforts to combat child abuse. Those who would say that children who were photographed and videoed in a manner similar to the evidence in this case are not abused and are not victims are clearly wrong. Children who are photographed and videoed in manners such as this are the victims and every time their videos and photos are traded online, uploaded, and downloaded from the internet, they are victimized again," one of the U.S. attorneys said.
Duggar and his large Arkansas family starred on TLC’s "19 Kids and Counting" until the network canceled the show in 2015 following revelations that he had molested four of his sisters and a babysitter. Authorities began investigating the abuse in 2006 after receiving a tip from a family friend but concluded that the statute of limitations on any possible charges had expired.
Duggar’s parents said he had confessed to the fondling and apologized. At the time, Duggar apologized publicly for unspecified behavior and resigned as a lobbyist for the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian group.
Duggar later apologized for a pornography addiction and for cheating on his wife, calling himself "the biggest hypocrite ever."
JOSH DUGGAR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TRIAL: BOTH SIDES REST THEIR CASE
Whether Duggar's past molestation scandal could be introduced during the trial was a point of tension between the prosecution and the defense. A judge ultimately ruled that it could be introduced , and the scandal was discussed as the prosecution tried to prove that the former reality star downloaded child pornography on a computer at his workplace.
Federal authorities said they began investigating after a Little Rock police detective found child porn files were being shared by a computer traced to Duggar. A federal agent testified in May that images depicting the sexual abuse of children, including toddlers, were downloaded in 2019 onto a computer at a car dealership Duggar owned.
The defense had argued that someone else downloaded or placed the child pornography onto the computer at Duggar’s workplace, noting that no child pornography was found on Duggar’s phone or laptop. But the jury wasn’t swayed.
Josh Duggar's wife Anna has remained by his side during the trial. Anna was photographed walking into the federal courthouse in Arkansas holding hands with her husband. (Kris Connor/Getty Images)
Duggar’s trial took place as his father, Jim Bob Duggar, runs in a special election for a vacant state Senate seat in northwest Arkansas. Jim Bob Duggar was also featured prominently on the TLC show and previously served in the Arkansas House.
Jim Bob previously testified during an evidentiary hearing. He was subpoenaed by the prosecution and confirmed his son had come to him around 2002 with the admission that he inappropriately touched four minor females, identified as Jane Does 1 through 4. However, Jim Bob said he couldn't remember the specifics of the conversation when pressed by the government.
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 kids rose to fame on the former "19 Kids and Counting" television show that documented their lives as an oversized family living in Arkansas. (Photo by Peter Kramer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
Many of Duggar's family members attended his trial over the last week. On Tuesday, Jim Bob sat in the third row during the court session, next to Joy-Anna Duggar's husband Austin Forsyth, according to reports. He was seen speaking with Jana Duggar and other family members during breaks in the trial.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. 
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Those quiverful cult members are really fucked up.
some more of those conservative xtian family values.
Great to see a pedophile get convicted.
Jim Bob...Josh's Dad...is running for a state senate seat somewhere in NW Arkansas. I wonder how this will affect his campaign? Not to worry....Weaselly Jason Rapert will probably come to his rescue
Jim Boob.
Figures. Watch him get elected...
Are you serious? The man can't stay off of his wife for 5 minutes. How will he find the time to play politician?
If the people of Arkansas elect this guy after all he's done - protect his pedophile son repeatedly, oppose the rights of LGBTQ people (while protecting his pedophile son), and oppose rights for women, then screw them. Except obviously for the good ones like Trout Giggles.
Well, it is Arkansas after all.
Thanks, Sandy. The people of his district will probably elect him.
I guess God abandoned him, eh?
josh will probably be talking to him a lot in prison...
"Oh God! Oh God!"
Huh, I guess his apologies for molesting his sisters was crap. Fucking pedophile.
He was in his own heaven. They all think they must have 40 kids each. His dream lifestyle.
Crazy.
"Christian culture loves a ginormous homeschooled family , so they can't get enough of those godly Duggars and their 19 kids. Christians want to model their families after them and homeschool them up. They see the Duggars as being an amazing example of a Christian family."
" Christian culture doesn't seem concerned about how in, well, God's name Michelle and Jim Bob can give each of those kids enough attention. And they really don't seem to be asking how they can be emotionally present to nurture and adequately attach to each of the nineteen during their formative stages. Michelle and Jim Bob just keep churning them out for the glory of God. Michelle's probably pregnant again right now, actually"
That was from 2011 which was 4 years before the show was canceled after the accusations against Josh came to light.
From what I gather, they don't take care of the kids, other kids do it.
That is what happens when mom is little more than a brood mare.
The older kids each had a sibling that they were responsible for. I don't consider that good parenting. Older sisters don't make mothers and older brothers are not dads. Each of those kids had a right to their parents attention but they got an older sibling instead.
I bet there's a lot of problems in that family
I'm sure the parents were there at home for the kids, and if there was a serious problem they would've gotten dressed and come out of the bedroom. /s
looks like the homeschool sex ed classes could use some tweeking, or maybe they were just using the literal biblical version.
Toddlers? Shit! Apparently teenagers are just the gateway. This shit is a sickness. Hard for me to feel any sympathy for him, but clearly he has something wrong going on in his brain, as does anyone else that is into this. He needs help. Unfortunately, he is not going to get it where he is going. Good chance he will learn the meaning of sexual abuse though.
pedophiles don't do very well in prison. tough shit, huh?
I'm really broken up over it. /s
Look at the scum who support him:
I'm betting he hopes his shit is not tough, but more like butter. As Cheech prayed..."come on ice cream."
It is but I don't think there is a cure for it. Maybe some day....
Not on the outside. He may find the cure in the pen though. Sad really, but as long as someone like this is a continued threat, I'll be damned if I want them anywhere near someone he can abuse.
christianity, right?
You know, for a while, I felt bad for his wife. I knew she'd been brainwashed. But at some point, she needs to get herself and her kids away from him, and stop producing potential victims for him.
I hope they're not allowed conjugal visits, so maybe her last baby will actually be her last.
Why feel bad for the wife. She is straight out of "The Hand Maiden's Tale."
Because her family raised her that way, and even to think that it's her fault he strayed.
But...
She now has children to protect. And she's not doing that. And she has been out from under her family's thumb and open to other influences long enough that she should know better by now.
It's "Handmaid's Tale" but I see your point.
Like I said. "Straight out of the handmaid's tale."
It is sad. I never understood 'The Duggar' thing.
conservative values...
Conservative 'values' only exist in the stock portfolios or in alcoves behind the toilets.
That boy has some serious Manson Lamps in his head.
He's was told he was God's Gift his whole life.
Which one?
Here's a bit of an interesting note: I just read that Jana Dugger, Josh's sister, was arrested on a charge of endangering the welfare of a minor back in September. Talk about keeping something quiet! Maybe the case was sealed until the conclusion of her brother's trial. It might have something to do with this:
Following his arrest, Josh has been granted unlimited access to his six children and Anna, 32, provided she is present during the course of the meeting at all times. Josh, who was ordered to wear an ankle monitor at all times, isn't allowed contact with any other minors, including his own siblings and their children. Source
Perhaps she allowed Josh to violate the conditions of his house arrest by giving him some kind of access to his younger siblings or his nieces and nephews, that's just a guess.
I just saw that article as well, seems it stays in the family.
Lol, my favorite part of all of this is a quote I read from someone who lives in their town. They said "He should have been in prison a long time ago."