Jim Bob Duggar Tries To Spin Josh's Child Porn Conviction Into 'Heartbroken' Political Campaign Statement

We hope you didn’t spend even a moment during your holiday celebrations casting a thought to how Josh Duggar was spending Christmas. But now a couple days removed we thought you might be curious on the reports coming out of Arkansas.

Jill Duggar's husband made the accusation in a comment on a Facebook post, saying he «used to have much respect for Jim Bob» but that «it's only become clearer to us over time just how deep this man's manipulation and deceit will go for his own gain, at the expense for others.» ET has reached out to Dillard's reps for comment. Jim Bob Duggar's reps had no comment at this time.Dillard continued, «He has lied to my wife and I numerous times.

Jim Bob Duggar, patriarch of the family shot to fame by TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” lost his bid for a Republican nomination to the Arkansas State Senate. His loss comes days after one of his sons, Josh Duggar, was convicted of downloading and possessing child pornography.

Derick Dillard sounded off on Jim Bob Duggar in a Facebook post hours before the family patriarch lost his run for the Arkansas State Senate.  Derick responded to a post by Jim Holt, a former close friend of Jim Bob’s who took to his own Facebook to accuse him of lying about his son Josh Duggar’s past both to him and under oath at an evidentiary hearing on Nov.

Too bad, so sad, Jim Bob Duggar!

announced his bid for the state senate seat back in October. At the time, the Arkansas native said he felt it was his duty to run for office now because «these are unprecedented times in our nation.»Jim Bob's defeat came just days after the Duggar family was rocked by two separate scandals.

The voters have spoken. Jim Bob Duggar‘s run for Arkansas State Senate was unsuccessful.

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While facing more severe consequences, Josh Duggar isn’t the only member of the controversial family in trouble with the law. Jana Duggar has been charged with child endangerment following a September babysitting incident.

Convicted child porn fan and multiple-time accused child molester Josh Duggar is in the safest place possible — completely alone.

It seems all of the Duggar family members are finally breaking their silence as they find the words to respond to Josh Duggar‘s child pornography conviction.

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Josh Duggar was found guilty of two counts of receiving and possessing child pornography, and, shortly thereafter, his mom and dad reacted to the verdict on their website. «This entire ordeal has been very grievous,» the couple's statement began.

Northwest Arkansas locals who have been living in the same community as the Duggar family for years are "ecstatic" about Josh Duggar's conviction on child pornography charges, telling Fox News they hope to see him sentenced to the maximum amount of years in prison. The former "19 Kids and Counting" star faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines for each count when he's sentenced sometime in 2022.

Josh Duggar‘s parents have broken their silence, and frankly it’s not what we expected.

Josh Duggar’s parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have broken their silence after he was convicted of child pornography possession on Dec. 9. In a statement issued to E! News on Thursday, Jim Bob and Michelle called the ordeal “grievous” and said they will “never stop praying” for their son, 33.

Breaking her silence. Jill Duggar addressed the conviction of her brother Josh Duggar after he was found guilty in his child pornography trial.

After Josh Duggar was found guilty on two counts of receiving and possessing child pornography, Jim Bob Duggar, Derick Dillard and more family members reacted to the news.

Moments after Josh Duggar was found guilty of receiving and possessing child pornography, his wife, Anna Duggar, solemnly left the Fayetteville, Arkansas, courthouse.

The jury rests. Josh Duggar smiled in his mugshot after he was officially convicted in his months-long child pornography trial.