Duggar Family Reportedly Under New Investigation By Arkansas Department Of Human Services

[Hepburn]

Josh Duggar recently confessed to molesting five minor girls when he was a teenager, and now In Touch reports the Duggar family is currently under investigation by the Arkansas Department of Human Services.

The magazine reports that on May 27, the Washington County Department of Human Services was called to investigate at the family's home. When the Duggars refused to cooperate, the DHS representative called 911 to request police assistance, explaining they were prevented from seeing the child they were concerned about, according to a transcript of the emergency call obtained by In Touch.

It's not clear what provoked the investigation since DHS records are not available to the public. "All child maltreatment investigations in Arkansas are confidential by law," DHS director of communications Amy Webb told In Touch, adding they could neither confirm nor deny they were involved with investigating any specific family.

This isn't the first time the Duggars have been uncooperative with the authorities or DHS. According to a 2006 police report, Jim Bob Duggar refused to bring his 18-year-old son Josh in to be interviewed by the police, and in 2007, Josh hired a lawyer and sued the DHS, but the contents of that lawsuit have been sealed.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/10/duggar-family-new-investigation_n_7554978.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

Wow...refused to cooperate? Bad move. Anytime a child protection agency appears, the kiddos come first. PERIOD. IMO, it is about time that the minor children in the home are protected -- not that I really like state agencies, but in this case, that agency has to be better than the Senior Duggars.

[olddots]

1. the reason something unimportant like this is getting attention

Is because it IS very important ...humans can progress past this shit .

[shenmue]

2. Please let there be an indictment

[Laffy Kat]

3. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end...

For this family's clout and awful television show. And here's also hoping they take Huckabee down with them.

[eridani]

4. Fox News May Have Helped The Duggars Cover Up New Child Abuse Investigation In Arkansas

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/06/10/fox-news-helped-duggars-cover-child-abuse-investigation-arkansas.html


The Duggars first interview with Fox News aired on June 3. Fox News had days before the Duggar interview to learn about and disclose to their viewers the new investigation, but they did nothing. It is possible that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar lied to Megyn Kelly and Fox News. It is just as possible that Fox News never bothered to look and invested themselves in supporting the Duggars.

If Fox News was not aware of this new investigation, it is because they didn’t want to know. The new investigation also explains why the Duggars and Kelly put so much effort into trying to discredit the police and social services. Fox News defended a family that was uncooperative with the authorities and under a new investigation related to the welfare of their children.

Fox News put propaganda ahead of facts, and now they have to explain why they didn’t know that the Duggars family was again under investigation. Whether Megyn Kelly and Fox News acted intentionally or not, they helped to hide a key fact from their viewers. Fox News turned a blind eye to what they didn’t want to see and now have to deal with the consequences of the decision to put partisan politics ahead of the welfare of children.