Prosecutors Fight Josh Duggar’s Plea To Push Child Porn Trial To Next Year, Reveal Text Messages & Photos Helped Build Case
June 22 2021, Published 11:16 a.m. ET
Prosecutors say Josh Duggar doesn’t need an extra eight months to prepare for trial and wants him to face a judge ASAP.
According to court documents obtained by Breaking Celebrity News, the government is asking the court to shut down Duggar’s attempt to push his trial date. As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported. Duggar’s legal team recently pleaded with the court to push the start date of his criminal trial from July 6, 2020, to February 2022.
Duggar is facing one count of receiving child pornography and one count of possessing the material. The videos contained children as young as 5 being abused on camera.
n their response, the government says Duggar should not be allowed to push the case that far. They agree to a 3-month extension to allow the former TLC reality star and his team to review the evidence.
Prosecutors say they have no problem allowing Duggar time to hire an expert to comb through all the d