Court Records Reveal Anna Duggar’s Behind-the-Scenes Role in Husband Josh’s Latest Appeal

New court records have shed light on the role Anna Duggar played in husband Josh Duggar‘s latest attempt to overturn his conviction, and they revealed that she helped prepare the paperwork tied to the filing before a federal judge ultimately rejected the appeal.

According to the filing, which was obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, June 2, Josh, 38, and Anna, 37, exchanged drafts of the motion through the mail as he worked to challenge his conviction from prison.

Josh, who was convicted of receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material in 2021, would either handwrite or type portions of the document before sending them to Anna, who then transcribed the materials on a computer and returned them so he could review and sign them.

The documents surfaced during the former 19 Kids and Counting star’s effort to convince the court that he had submitted his motion before the filing deadline. He argued that the paperwork should be considered timely under the prison mailbox rule, which can protect filings mailed by inmates before a deadline expires.

While Josh claimed that he sent the paperwork in ahead of the deadline, the court maintained that the documents were postmarked after the date he alleged they were mailed.

The judge found Josh’s testimony “not credible,” according to the publication, and noted that Anna didn’t provide sworn testimony to support his version of events.

“The Court can grant Mr. Duggar one coincidence. Perhaps even two or three odd happenstances,” the judge wrote, per Us Weekly. “But Mr. Duggar is asking the Court to believe something akin to a magic bullet theory — a sequential chain of events that defies common sense. Collectively, this chain of events — where Murphy’s law was lurking at every turn — is simply not credible.”

As In Touch previously reported, the former reality star was recently transferred to the same prison where Tiger King‘s Joe Exotic is also serving his time behind bars.

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, Josh was moved from FCI Seagoville in Texas, a minimum security prison where he began his 151-month sentence, to Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth. However, the department did not state the reason for the move.

In Touch was the first to break the news of Josh’s molestation scandal in 2015.