Prosecutors in Arkansas are objecting to a request by accused pedophile Josh Duggar to delay his child pornography trial to next year.
On Monday, prosecutors told the court they would agree to a 'reasonable continuance' of three months but said postponing the trial to next year 'would result in unnecessary delay.'
The prosecution also denied allegations by the defense that the Government had not turned over all the evidence it has in the case.
In Monday's filing, according to People, prosecutors stated that there has been 'timely and complete disclosure of all discovery material'.
Prosecutors are objecting to a request by Josh Duggar to delay his criminal trial on child pornography charges, set for July 6, to February 2022 or later (Josh is pictured in an April 29 mug shot following his arrest)
Josh, 33, was charged in May with receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material, including some that Homeland Security special agent Gerald Faulkner described as 'in the top five of the worst of the worst that I've ever had to examine.'
The former 19 Kids And Counting reality star is asking that his trial, originally scheduled for July 6, be pushed back to February 2022 or later.
The defense has hired a computer forensic expert to examine Josh's electronic devices and in a motion filed last week, stated that it needed more time for that work to be completed.
His lawyers also want more time to review evidence and conduct their own investigations.
In addition, Josh's lead attorney Justin Gelfand said he has other criminal trials scheduled for September, October and November that he needs to prepare for.
A three month delay would allow Gelfand to complete those trials but, prosecutors argued, 'there exists no legally or factually valid reason supporting a continuance until February of 2022.'
The court has yet to rule on the opposing arguments about rescheduling the trial.
The accused pedophile, 33, is free on bail after being charged in May with receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material. His defense team have hired a computer forensics expert and want more time to review evidence and conduct investigations
Prosecutors filed a motion Monday denying defense claims they haven't turned over all evidence in the case and argued that pushing Josh's trial to next year constitutes an 'unnecessary delay' (Josh is pictured in 2014)
On April 29, Josh was arrested on federal charges following a 2019 Homeland Security raid on his property.
According to the indictment, he is alleged to have downloaded child sexual abuse material online in May 2019. Some of the material he is accused of possessing shows children under the age of 12.
His computer was reportedly equipped with a dark web browser that could have let him anonymously search for child porn. The 'Tor' browser would have allowed the him to bypass anti-porn software called 'Covenant Eyes' that his wife Anna installed to monitor what her husband downloaded.
If convicted, Duggar faces up to 20 years in prison.
Josh found fame on the TLC reality show 19 Kids And Counting which followed the lives of his evangelical Christian parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their large family
The reality star, who is expecting his seventh child with wife Anna, was revealed in 2015 to have sexually abused four of his younger siblings, as well as a fifth minor, when he was a teenager (pictured with Anna in 2015)
On May 8, he was released on bail, with the condition that he stay with a third party, family friends LaCount and Maria Reber.
In court documents, his lawyers had argued that he 'poses no flight risk' because of his 'deep roots' in the community and his
