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Judge allows video evidence found on electric devices of Josh Duggar, who faces up to 20 years in prison
CBS ^ | October 21, 2021 | Caitlin O'Kane

Posted on 10/21/2021 3:57:55 PM PDT by Morgana

A federal judge will allow videos found on electronic devices used by Josh Duggar to be used as evidence in his child pornography case.

Duggar, who appeared on the TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting" with his parents and siblings, was charged with two counts of downloading and possessing child pornography earlier this year. The 33-year-old faces up to 20 years in prison and fines up to $250,000 if convicted on each count.

Duggar's attorneys filed a motion to suppress video evidence found on his devices, arguing the case had become "stale" since so much time had passed between the time federal agents downloaded the files and the time they obtained a search warrant, the Associated Press reports.

U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks said the motion isn't warranted and that courts, on numerous occasions, have found that evidence in child pornography cases doesn't become stale, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Even though time has elapsed between the downloading of the files and the search warrant, Brooks said the investigators did not take too long to review the electronic devices. He said these searches are complicated and can take a while.

According to court documents, in May 2019, Duggar allegedly used the internet to download child pornography, some of which depicts the sexual abuse of children under the age of 12.

In 2015, In Touch magazine published a 2006 police report that claimed Duggar sexually molested five girls as far back as 2002. The incidents were not reported to police until 2006 and authorities could not pursue charges because the statute of limitations had passed.

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 19chargesandcounting; 19yearsandcounting; duggar; joshduggar; obamajudge; timothylbrooks; wdarkansas
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1 posted on 10/21/2021 3:57:55 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

I read that one video in particular is unspeakably horrifying. I regret investigating it. Thats all im saying.


2 posted on 10/21/2021 4:05:01 PM PDT by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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To: Morgana

Josh will be dealt with in prison. It won’t take long.


3 posted on 10/21/2021 4:11:14 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: Morgana

what of hunter’s electronic devices? (crickets)


4 posted on 10/21/2021 4:13:12 PM PDT by b4me (Repeated lies does Not equal TRUTH. )
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To: Morgana

An entire family of attention whores. I really don’t give a damn.


5 posted on 10/21/2021 4:14:42 PM PDT by bwest
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To: know.your.why

Yea I’ve been following this since the beginning and reading the court documents. According to the FBI one of the videos Josh was viewing was the “5th worst he had ever seen”.

Josh was freaking stupid not to have taken the plea deal on Monday. He got away with it before and he really things he can skate this time. This is not IFB Church, oh no he’s shark meat this time.


6 posted on 10/21/2021 4:15:50 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

I’ve never understood the logic of giving someone 20 years in prison and tacking on a huge fine. He’s going to be able to pay it?


7 posted on 10/21/2021 4:16:01 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Morgana

Good. What a horrible person.


8 posted on 10/21/2021 4:16:14 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: bwest

Oh they are but I really want to see Josh go to prison. His ain’t shit parents let him get away with it in the past, well not this time. He’s going down and I are loving it.


9 posted on 10/21/2021 4:16:59 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Seruzawa

They have been moving property in Anna’s name, they knew this was coming. Several youtubers have been tracking it, this one in story below did an excellent job.

We suspect the Duggars are moving assests and property in Anna’s names so the feds can’t take it when Joshy goes away.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4004080/posts


10 posted on 10/21/2021 4:20:18 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: bwest

“An entire family of attention whores. I really don’t give a damn.” Ditto. He probably developed the habit of interfering with little girls — perhaps even his own younger sisters — at a young age. Mother Nature designed the male sex drive to be habit forming; man designed laws and religions to impose some order on these desires. You can be sure this Duggar creep slipped thru the guardrails and has been doing this — compulsively — for many years.


11 posted on 10/21/2021 4:23:45 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Morgana

Well, the DoJ can pursue this in court. The federal govt doesn’t deserve a nickel. As long as the family is following the law I don’t care if the corrupt govt officials get their noses out of joint.


12 posted on 10/21/2021 4:31:41 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: b4me

Photos of Hunter raping is 14 year old niece is the only kiddie porn you can never be prosecuted for. Because the evidence would never be presented in court.


13 posted on 10/21/2021 4:34:08 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: Seruzawa

“I’ve never understood the logic of giving someone 20 years in prison and tacking on a huge fine. He’s going to be able to pay it?”

He hasn’t been fined yet.


14 posted on 10/21/2021 4:39:49 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Seruzawa

I think they sometimes do that to cut convicts off from profiting by selling their story and profiting from the crime.


15 posted on 10/21/2021 5:08:00 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Morgana

I might find this more believable if it wasn’t the lyin’ FBI involved. You know, the Russia, Russia, Russia, storm troopers to arrest Mr. and Mrs. Stone, insurrection instigators at the capitol, etc., etc., etc.

For all I (and any other member of the public) knows, the FBI dumped those files onto his laptop - and targeted him since it’s believable because of his past. As a way to neutralize the general outrage over the Hunter Biden atrocities - cause see if it was true they’d go after H. Biden, see? Just like they did that Duggar fellow.

A skunk doesn’t change his stripe and that applies to Duggar as well as the lyin’ FBI. It’s difficult to sort out the stink.


16 posted on 10/21/2021 5:35:41 PM PDT by curious7
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To: b4me

Hunter is in the protected class. He can do whatever he wants as long as he is an avowed leftist.

Josh Duggar, on the other hand, is connected to a “Christian family” and must be destroyed.

I put it in quotes because I have no idea if they are or not, but I think they profess to be.


17 posted on 10/21/2021 5:37:46 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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To: Morgana

“”According to the FBI one of the videos Josh was viewing was the “5th worst he had ever seen”.””

Interesting the FBI has a grading system for such things.


18 posted on 10/21/2021 5:40:35 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

I read somewhere that investigators can get PTSD from the trauma of having to view those types of videos.


19 posted on 10/21/2021 5:55:17 PM PDT by dragonblustar (2 Peter 2:14,1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
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To: know.your.why

I am skeptical of any incidence of pornography being found on anyone’s device or desktop before seeing the reaction of the arrestee. It is too easy to plant it there remotely by any agency that wants one cancelled. That is one liability of the Digital Age. Anyone is subject to federal or local arrest and prosecution for pornography “found” on a device.


20 posted on 10/21/2021 6:18:02 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe g)
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