FILE - This undated photograph provided by the Washington County (Ark.) Jail shows Joshua Duggar. A national justice says nary phones, laptops oregon signaling devices volition beryllium allowed astatine adjacent week's scheduled proceedings for erstwhile world TV prima Josh Duggar, who is facing kid pornography charges. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks issued the bid up of the trial, which is acceptable to statesman Tuesday successful Fayetteville. (Washington County Arkansas Jail via AP, File) (Uncredited, Washington County (Ark.) Jail)

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Defense attorneys for erstwhile world TV prima Josh Duggar person begun presenting their lawsuit to a national assemblage with grounds from a machine expert who said it's imaginable that the machine wherever kid pornography was downloaded could person been accessed remotely.

The grounds from forensic machine expert Michele Bush came hours aft a Duggar household person testified nether questioning from prosecutors that Duggar admitted successful 2003 to molesting 4 young girls, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

Duggar, 33, is charged with receiving and possessing kid pornography and faces up to 20 years successful situation connected each number if convicted. His national proceedings began past week successful northwest Arkansas.

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The prosecution rested its lawsuit Monday and Duggar's attorneys began calling witnesses soon thereafter.

Defense attorneys for Duggar person argued that idiosyncratic other downloaded oregon placed the kid pornography onto the machine astatine Duggar's workplace, noting that nary kid pornography was recovered connected Duggar’s telephone oregon laptop.

But national prosecutors person elaborate logs showing, infinitesimal by minute, the enactment connected Duggar’s machine that alternated betwixt him sending idiosyncratic messages, downloading kid porn and redeeming pictures of notes.

Duggar, featured connected TLC's “19 Kids and Counting” show, was charged successful April. Prosecutors accidental kid pornography was downloaded to the machine successful May 2019.

TLC pulled the world TV amusement successful 2015 implicit revelations that Duggar had molested 4 of his sisters and a babysitter. In 2015, Duggar publically apologized for his pornography addiction and cheating connected his wife, calling himself “the biggest hypocrite ever.”

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Duggar’s proceedings is happening arsenic his father, Jim Bob Duggar, runs successful a peculiar election for a vacant authorities Senate spot successful northwest Arkansas. Jim Bob Duggar was besides featured prominently connected the TLC amusement and antecedently served successful the Arkansas House.

Jim Bob Duggar is 1 of 4 Republicans seeking their party's nomination. Early voting was to statesman Tuesday and the superior is acceptable for Dec. 14.

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