Disgraced Pedophile Trooper Contradicts Jim Bob Duggar’s Story

FILE -- In this Aug. 2, 2007 file photo, Michelle Duggar, left, is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob, second from left, after the birth of her 17th child in Rogers, Ark. (AP Photo/ Beth Hall, File)
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So Joseph Hutchens, the pedophile former Arkansas State Trooper, now doing 56 years on a child porn conviction, says Jim Bob Duggar lied when he told police he’d taken son Josh Duggar to see Hutchens for a talking to about fondling young girls. Hutchens says Duggar dramatically downplayed what was known – claiming it was a single incident with a single girl and only through her clothes rather than multiple times with multiple girls, etc. Here’s the latest.

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