Josh Duggar's Defense Team Moves to Delay Child Pornography Trial, Prosecution Responds

The defense and prosecution in Josh Duggar's child pornography case are engaged in a dispute over the scheduling of his upcoming trial.

Last week, Duggar's defense team, led by attorney Justin Gelfand, filed a motion in the Western District of Arkansas Court to delay the trial, which was previously scheduled for July 6, until February 2022, according to court records obtained by PEOPLE.

In the motion, Gelfand said the defense has hired a computer forensics expert to review the case evidence and needs more time to complete the process.

"The defense has retained an independent computer forensic expert who must conduct a computer forensic examination of each of the devices at issue - a time-consuming process that requires review at a government facility for the one device the Government alleges contained child pornography," the motion reads. 

The prosecution filed a response on Monday suggesting a "reasonable continuance" of about three months to allow for the expert to review the digital evidence, stating that postponing the trial until next year "would result in unnecessary delay."

Gelfand did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.