Fighting for Our Veteran

Hey Friends! 

It dawned on me that I failed to mention an important win when I last gave an update. In January were successful in getting Joshua’s curfew lifted and ankle monitor removed after two years! 🙏🏼

This allows Josh to work longer hours and on weekends if needed and will help if he can get commercial pressure washing jobs that requires him to complete them at night when the businesses are closed.

This past week I also moved to a local, well known brokerage in hopes that foundation helps me further grow my business. My previous brokerage was an online brokerage and not well known in my area, but I joined it because it was the best move at the time of Josh’s arrest because everything was unknown. I’m grateful for my time with that brokerage but excited for the support of my new brokerage and colleagues. 

I hope this finds you well and thank you for your continued support! ❤️

Audrey 

Happy Sunday! 

I wanted to take a moment to thank you all who have reached out or made donations this week. It could not have come at a better time and allowed us to catch up on a couple of past due bills and helped me re-open Josh’s CRM (customer relationship management) software so we could start contacting last pressure washing clients. Hopefully this will help us get his business off to a great start this spring season. 

We are continually grateful for your support. 🙏🏼

We hope you have a blessed week and we will continue to update as we go. 

Love,

The James Family 

Hello Friends,

It’s been a few months. I’ve been encouraged to RE-open this page and provide an update. 

I’m sure you have been keeping up with the trials and the verdicts. It’s exactly what we expected, unfortunately, and why we made the very difficult decision we made last year regarding the plea. 

Things have been pretty quiet on our end as we await the next step of the process which will be sentencing. While we are unsure of when that will be we are being told possibly this summer. Josh and I spoke last night about how scared we become as the seasons quickly change and the days tick away. 

Josh has been working a job we are so grateful he was able to find so quickly, however, he has to drive an hour each way so with the pay and travel expenses we aren’t even able to pay our bills. With Spring approaching he spends his off days trying to drum up more business for his pressure washing company because he will make more income that way. He is going to try to get an extra day off from work to dedicate to pressure washing and bringing in more income. I am working hard to grow my real estate business to a point where it is steady and I am able to pay the bills and care for the kids on my own. However, everyday I ask myself “Do I walk away from this career I have built over 11 years and get an hourly job?” 

As you all know from previous updates we lost Joshua’s VA disability and our health insurance. Since then we have also lost our home insurance, the VA has sent a letter asking Josh to pay back ALL his disability since he retired which comes out to $75,000. Our HVAC went out before Christmas and we didn’t get approved to finance a new unit so we spent the winter under heated blankets and near two small electric heaters. It still is not fixed. We have pinched pennies and made changes where we can to lower bills like moving our car insurance to liability only and wouldn’t you know right after that I back into something and badly damage the back of my car that I can’t afford to fix. Our daughter injured her knee and had to have surgery and now they have her in physical therapy twice a week and want a $48 co-pay each time. It all is taking a toll on our marriage and family. It’s just one blow after the other.

We are looking at things around the house that we can sell to help us get by and are even discussing selling our home and praying we find something affordable to live in. 😔 We will do what we have to do. 

I have never wanted to come on here and ask for money because I know we aren’t the only ones struggling and there are people worse off. We have been so grateful to all of you that have supported us over these two unimaginable years whether it be prayer or donations. 

First and foremost, If you will please pray over our family and our finances at this time. If you have been already we thank you🙏🏼. We know God will provide even though it doesn’t seem like it now. He will make a way. And if you feel led to donate …thank you. We are forever grateful for you no matter what. 🙏🏼❤️ We pray you are all well and I will update when I can. 

Love,

The James Family

I have made the decision to go ahead and shut down this page. 

I have kept it open to bring our supporters updates and to keep in touch with those praying for us. However, it has become too much for my mental health. 

I do not agree with the persecution that is happening to Josh or a lot of others in this situation,  but I also did not get in this situation because of my choices or decisions. Supporting my children is now 100% up to me and the continuous hate I receive on my business profiles over something I DID NOT do and had NO say in the matter is ridiculous. People persecute me and try to prohibit my ability to support my children because of something “they think” someone I am married to did.

I am grateful for all of you who have donated, supported and prayed for us because we would not have survived this long without you. I don’t know what the future holds for us. It looks pretty bleak to be honest. But I am holding out faith that God has something greater in store. 

Thank you all for everything. You will never be forgotten.

Happy Holidays. 

I just wanted to leave this info here from this Godly man.... here is is message and his email...

lighthousechurch@ymail.com "Well, since Joshy has pled guilty, he has no need for a legal defense fund. And by your own admission in your latest update, he's found work. So naturally, you're going to go right on grifting on GiveSendGo because that's what MAGA maggots do, they lie and they grift."

This is not the only message he has left but apparently this "GODLY" man wants attention. 

He clearly missed the message I am keeping this page open in order to update our supporters not continue to raise funds. If you continue to donate, thank you .... it still helps more than you know but we have paid for our attorneys. Anything extra helps the kids and I pay bills. Just na FYI since Josh has been employed it is NOT enough to pay our bills but we have been making arrangement with out bill collectors in order to do so. We have NOT asked for help to do so. 

I think it is comical this supposed Christian leaves such loving messages on his churches behalf. I am more concerned for him than I am for ourselves. 

We have put up with 2 years of assault and attack since this insanity began. I do have a limit. FYI commenting on this fundraiser leaves your personal info SOOOOO..... leave hate comments at your own risk. We are closely connected to the feds at this point. Take that as you will haters. 

Hello friends,

Not much to update. Our heat has been out about two weeks at the house. I took my daughter on a trip for her 16th birthday because I had a closing and as soon as we came back the heat was out at the house. What luck we have. I bought us a few heated throws and one heater but looks like we need a new unit. 

Josh's new boss tried to help us repair the unit but it needs replaced. We are going to try to apply for credit to replace the unit. 

I am dreading the new year because our sentencing is fast approaching....

I am sorry I do not have much positive to say.....

love you all...

Hello friends! 

I am coming to you with a praise report! Josh received a job offer and today was his first day! He is able to use his welding skills at this job. We also received word his curfew has been extended to accommodate his new work hours and then some. 🙏🏼

Thank you all for your continued prayers and support! 

❤️ - The James Family 

Hello Friends! 

I hope October is treating you all well! I have no major updates, but small updates/prayer requests. 

Joshua has been out and about putting in job applications. He is a certified welder so that is where he is focusing right now. He may have a really good opportunity that he is hoping to get, but the job requires travel and as we all know Josh has bond conditions/curfew. If you will, pray that if this job opportunity is meant to be that it all works out. Josh of course owns his own pressure washing business, but it is in the slow season and we need a steady stream of income. I think this will be good for Josh's mental health. Of course while he waits to hear on that job he is out at other interviews. We just pray the Lord's will be done. 

Also, the trial has gotten underway. So that is always looming over us. The fear of the unknown. We have been focusing on our mental, physical and spiritual health to make sure we are fit for whatever may come. 

We appreciate you always praying for us and for your continued support. If we can ever pray over you please do not hesitate to ask in the prayer box on the site. 

Love,

The James Family 

Second update for the day ....

I was reading through some of the comments/prayers received on this site and can not personally respond as far as I can tell so I wanted to respond here in hopes it will be seen and maybe answer a question anyone else may have.

YES you have permission to share our story/donation link if you wish! We appreciate you doing so.

We have raised enough funds for the attorneys (thank you)!!! Any additional funds received helps with our bills and Josh's travel/stays to and from DC. Josh and Josh only has been traveling as required. I am not sure what will happen when it comes to sentencing regarding if myself or the kids need to go.

Josh's disability income paid for ALL our bills, but we have lost that due to the charges. We both are small business owners. I am a commission based realtor and Josh owns his own pressure washing business. He is now in the slow season/plus travel required for trial prep/trial takes up a lot of time. I have been a full time realtor for 10 years and typically I earned enough to take care of us. However, we moved back home a few months before covid hit and then with our local notoriety due to the case shortly after it has also seemed to affect my business growth. I managed to achieve some growth last year but this year has been a lot slower unfortunately. However, with my pending business and some payment arrangements we will scrape by this year, Lord willing. 

I have been cancelling and consolidating where able to help. Josh has been looking for a seasonal job where possible, but a lot that he is qualified for require a background check. Home Advisor (where a lot of his business came from) intends to drop him due to the charges. 

I keep this fundraiser open as a way to update y'all mainly but also because I do not know what the future holds for Joshua or the kids and myself. If you feel called to donate, share or only submit a prayer...thank you, thank you, thank you. Either way we are beyond grateful and could not continue without you. Regardless, we know you care and are praying for us and that God has us. There will never be enough words to thank you all appropriately. 

Love,

Audrey and Family 

"You cannot have a testimony without a test." 

Hello Friends,

I just wanted to take a moment to check in. It has been pretty quiet on our end as we keep our heads down and focus on working. Not a lot of updates over here, but a few. 

We did officially loose our VA benefits completely as of Aug 1. That includes our military insurance and Joshua's disability pay. I was hoping the disability pay would last longer so we could put back all we could, but unfortunately it did not. And of course as soon as all that disappears I develop heart issues from all the stress and needed an ER visit at 3 am. After the ER visit I was able to get set up with Blue Cross and Medicaid for an affordable insurance plan and had an ultrasound done on my heart and wore a heart monitor for 3 days. I am awaiting those results. 

Josh's busy season has ended so we are working at getting creative for odd jobs he can do though his business and also continuing to grow mine. We were able to get our youngest into Pre-K (Praise Jesus!) and the has been a huge blessing and help.

Jury selection began today for the first trial. It is expected to last 5 weeks. Unsure of when this will effect Josh due to his plea deal so we are in limbo there. 

The end of 2022 is fast approaching and we are not looking forward to it because that means we are that much closer to possibly losing Josh for an unknown amount of time. 

We are so grateful to have been able to secure his bond last year and have him home with us unlike a lot of others still incarcerated. We continuously praying for those still incarcerated as well as their families. We are thankful for all of you and those in our community as well for your continued prayers and support. We wouldn't be where we are without you all. We hope and pray you are all well!

If any of you are in the path of Hurricane Ian, please be safe and know our thoughts and prayers are with you. 

Love,

Audrey and Family 

"They cried out to You and were delivered; they trusted in You and were not disappointed or ashamed." PSALM 22:5

Today's devotional speaks on dealing with disappointment. It asks " Are you dealing with disappointment right now? Did you expect a situation to turn out one way, and now it's ended up another way?" Boy do I feel that way.  I never imagined in my life my family would be in a situation like the one we are in now. This experience has been so unimaginable that sometimes I am waiting to wake up from a this nightmare. Other times I am trying to make myself as physically and mentally fit as possible for what's to come. In high school I dreamed of working as an attorney or detective, but never in my life did I think I would be meeting FBI agents in person or dealing with the Federal Gov't...especially in this capacity. 

I never thought I would face a situation where my husband would be facing prison time and as a commission based Realtor I would be 100% financially responsible for our 3 children and all the household bills. I keep kicking my self for moving home to Alabama from Florida because in Florida I had a thriving business and was the breadwinner. Moving states means basically restarting your real estate career from the beginning like I am a newbie and as an agent with a decade in the business that was hard enough not to mention covid hit a few months after moving back so that made growth even harder. While my career has grown significantly this past year compared to the year before it is still not where it needs to be to be the sole provider for my family.

Last month, due to Josh's charges, we lost our health insurance and this month we lost his disability pay. The disability pay is what took care of all the bills. We have lost over $4000 a month. That is a big and scary hit. On top of that we received a letter from the VA demanding we repay the disability pay received from Jan. 2021 to now. I do not see how they expect that to happen when Josh will be in prison with no income. 

Trial prep begins this month and the trial is supposed to start in September. That means Josh will have limited time to work and bring in an income. I had hoped I had more time to put away as much money as possible and to grow my business to where I had a steady income coming in. I am trying to determine a route to put our youngest in Pre-K so I can have those school hours to focus 100% on growing my business or to get a second income if needed. This transition has been made harder by losing our insurance (our youngest isn't vaccinated). So now on top of the income loss I have to find a way to add a costly insurance bill to the mix. 

I just passed my Alabama Broker's exam and am excited and hopeful at the possibility that comes with that and for the potential business growth from that. We ask that you continue to pray for our family. Knowing that so many of you are praying for us is more helpful than you know in helping us continue forward through this difficult time. 

We hope you are all well and safe and we are always praying and thanking the Lord for you! 

Audrey and Family

Hello,

It has been a while since I have provided an update. We have just been keeping our heads down and focusing on what we can control and our family. Not a lot has changed since our last update other than....

1. After 15 years of being a member, USAA has chosen to drop Josh as a client due to this mess and held our money for about 3 months causing us to fall behind on bills ....thankfully after a call from our attorneys they quickly sent us our money. 

2. We have officially lost our health insurance through Tricare as a result of this nightmare....

It has been pretty depressing and the future seem scary, but we are holding on. We are still praying for God's intervention in this nightmare. I wish I had more to update you on, especially something positive. I pray one day soon I can give you a positive update. Until then we just wanted you to know we are still very grateful for all of you and your support and prayers during this time. You are constantly in our hearts and minds and we pray you are all safe and well. 

Love,

The James Family 

As you have probably seen, we have made the difficult decision as a family to accept a plea agreement.

I want to thank everyone who has supported our family during this exceptionally difficult time. I know that Josh’s decision to enter a plea agreement will be a disappointment to some and undoubtedly upset others. This was not an easy decision. Our justice system places people in impossible positions.

We made the choice that makes it more likely that Josh would be home sooner than later instead of risking our future on a trial that would likely take away many years of his life and deprive him of the chance to raise his children. After a year of being in the thick of it and many lengthy talks with our attorneys, this plea best protects our hopes that we will remain a family. 

We have received harassing calls to our work and personal lines, harassing postcards regularly, bullies online and constantly have to deal with what the media and papers CHOOSE to say which only stirs up more of the harassment each time. Every time an article or story is ran it is like bracing yourself for a car crash. I always think “ If they only knew our side…” I cannot begin to process how people can hate a stranger and his entire family and wish harm on them all because of what they have heard on tv. 

Between the government, the media and social media everyone has decided who Josh is. It is hard to know people have a bad opinion of us. I want to defend my family and explain that they’re wrong. I want to convince him that we’re good people, but the truth is that I’m not in control of their opinions about us. I’m not a control of the view they have of us, or the light they choose to see us through and unfortunately, even what they say about us to others. We can only pray no one, including the keyboard warriors, ever have to experience what we have this past year and what we will have to experience it in the coming days, months and years. 

We have had so much support from the local and online community such as yourselves…whether it be words of support, prayers, bringing food or making donations… We are forever grateful for you. We pray that we have your continued prayers and support going forward, we will need it. We are trusting that God is working this for good.

We hope that those who have an interest in this case will respect our family’s privacy.

With enormous love and gratitude,

The James Family

It doesn’t seem right to give an update without acknowledging what’s going on in the world right now. What’s going on in Ukraine is heartbreaking. And scary. We’re in constant prayer for them and what this may mean going forward. It’s hard to find the words… which is a common theme for the last year or so. 

An update on our case. Interesting information we learned this week after many attorney calls…

- D.C. is 91% Democrat base off voters from the recent presidential election. Which means our jury pool would be a majority of democrats. And we all know they like to compare J6 to 9/11. That facts and the way the govt/media is spinning it = no chance at a fair trial. I used to understand that you were due a fair trial, but apparently that isn’t a thing anymore. And yes, we have already requested a change of venue and it was denied. The ruling is your political affiliation has “nothing” to do with what your job is as a juror. But we all know it will 100% be biased.

-After going through all “reasonable doubt” scenarios we were told there is little chance we will win at trial. We’re almost guaranteed 15-20 years minimum. And it’s mainly because of the conspiracy terminology. Being held responsible for someone else’s words. 

- We we’re also made aware we will forever lose Josh’s military retirement and disability. Which is our guaranteed income that pays most of our bills. Which also means we lose health insurance. So not only we will we lose that, Josh will be in jail unable to provide for his family (which he has been unable to do for a majority of the time since making bail) but everything will be left on me. Who has a commission based career. This wouldn’t be so alarming financially if we still lived in Florida because I was the breadwinner and made a great income, however we’ve moved twice in the past few years, Covid etc…my business is still trying to grow in our new home. 

It all seems unreal. A nightmare. How can any of this be happening? 

There is nothing positive going on currently. It all seems hopeless but we are still holding out hope and praying. God is the only way we are getting through this. We are still praying for justice and God’s intervention. Our mental health isn’t well. If you will please keep showering us with your prayers. 🙏🏻 

We hope you are all doing well and we are forever thankful for you all. 

Love, Audrey 

Our attorneys are working with me to be able to release a statement. Like I said before, the media guaranteed that we will not get a fair trial. All I want to do is to share who Josh really is and who our family really is and let the public make an informed decision. I of course cannot speak to the facts of the case although I wish I could. 

We are so thankful to those of you have supported us with prayers, kind words and donations. We could not have made it this far without you.

We still need donations at this time. If you cannot donate, we understand. You can help by continued prayers, sharing our fundraiser, sharing Josh\'s or my business if you or anyone in our area could use pressure washing services or real estate services. Even if you are not local to our area, if you are looking to buy or sell real estate anywhere, I can refer you to an agent that will take care of you, and I will be a part of the process the whole way.

Right now, trial is set for July. 

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts and appreciate you more than words can express.

Love, The James Family 

First of all, I want to apologize for it being so far in between updates. I think often of how I need to make an update, but time gets away from me and honestly, I like to pretend this is not our life when I can. I am sure you have seen the updates in the news. They did add the seditious conspiracy charge, which was not a surprise. We were told "take a plea or we will add worse charges."

- Stewart Rhodes was finally arrested, but ONLY after the defendants subpoenaed him to testify. It was about a week or so after the subpoena that he was arrested. Funny timing in my opinion. 

- We have a local paper called The Arab Tribune. They are enjoying writing on the biggest story they probably have or ever will write on. They copy and paste what the mainstream news posts. They have even taken to publishing pieces defending their constant negative articles on Joshua and even began posting opinion pieces of the negative opinions of community members. Funny thing is, when all this started, I spoke with this editor, and he would not post what I had to tell him because it would be considered "opinion". I suppose posting our side would not be newsworthy or profitable. I cannot understand how these people sleep at night and I hope they never experience what our family has. The recent opinion piece they posted wants to know why Josh has not spoken out or "taken responsibility." Well, our very expensive attorneys have told us from day 1 not to speak out because it will only be used against us in court and our goal is to fight this in court, not the media. It is very frustrating to us that the media and government can say what they want, but "do not defend yourself or else". It is not fair. You would think our local paper would want a real story to write on as opposed to the same story mainstream media prints. But then again that would take actually work and effort on their part. Everyone keeps printing a photo of Josh mid-sentence to make him look violent. If only they shared what he was doing and saying in that moment, but then again that is not newsworthy. It is clear we will not get a fair jury trial thanks to the media. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? Here are few thoughts/quotes I feel apply:

-Why do those who know the least, know it the loudest?

- Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another\'s world. It requires prodound purpose larger than the self-kind of understanding. - Bill Bullard 

- Be careful of half-truths. You may have gotten ahold of the wrong half. 

-Try being informed instead of just opinionated,

When a new charge is announced or news updates are released, I spend days deleting nasty and negative comments on not only Josh\'s business social media accounts, but also my own. People comment on mine "Don\'t use this racist!" And in real estate that is a serious and career altering accusation. I do not understand how my husband being in the Capitol for mere minutes makes me (or Josh) racist. But throwing the race card out is all the haters know how to respond right? 

Facebook has prevented us from sharing our fundraiser because it "goes against community guidelines for supporting a terrorist or dangerous person." I will send the last of the funds to the attorneys this week. If this goes to trial, we will need $50,000 more for the attorneys and money for travel and stay in DC during the trial. We are hoping Josh can work a lot this Spring before trial to earn a good chunk of the money. And I am working as much as I can, but my business has suffered thanks to the media and gossip of those using this to their advantage. 

We will lose Josh\'s military pay if convicted. That is our only guaranteed pay. 

See Part 2...

I just typed a lengthy update. So lengthy is required being in 2 parts. When I hit submit it timed out and did not save!! I am hopefully going to be able to type it all up accurately again right now so stay tuned. It will be in 2 parts. Thank you! 

I am sorry it has been a while since I have updated. There really hasn't been anything new. We are just keeping our head down and working and trying to make the most of the time we have together stuck
In these 4 walls. 

It just really feels like we are being beat down over time. I am sure that's the goal. 

A while back I received a sweet card to my email from one of you and I wanted to say thank you. That was so kind and thoughtful. I wasn't sure how to respond through the platform you sent the card through. 

i hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your loved ones. 

<3

There is a section where people can submit prayers for us. It took me sometime into this fundraiser to learn I could read and reply to prayers. There is no way I will ever be able to respond to all of them, but when I have a few minutes I sure do try! I was just going through them and found one that was not exactly a prayer...maybe more of a concern and I wanted to address it in case anyone else shares the same concern.

"I will always pray for the veterans , Christians and every decent human being , however Joshua's and his wife have become very greedy , at first they only wanted $10.000 now they're at over $180.000 , it's time for them to stop and let us help other people, there are plenty of Americans that are being charged about the January 6th rally !! I'm not being rude or anything but greed is the reason us God loving conservatives are in this situation right now !!"

This of course is not a good thing to read on top of everything we are going through and I hate that someone would feel this way. 

Some people are aware of what legal fees cost and some are not. When this all started I had NO idea what the legal fees would cost because we have never needed an attorney. I started this fundraiser with only bail money, small legal fees and needing funds to provide for the kids and myself while we fought to get Josh home. NEVER did I imagine it would turn into this. As things progressed, I slowly began raising our goal based on recommendations of others who told me what an attorney in DC would cost. Once we secured our attorneys and discussed finacials, that was when I had a true dollar amount and you will notice that was the LAST time I updated our goal amount (so back in March/April). 

As I mentioned earlier this week....we received a new dollar amount from our attorney's based on if this goes to trial. As we currently stand, if it goes to trial, we will not have the funds to make the next payment unless we do reach the current goal. And if this does go to trial, we will have to temporarily move to DC for the duration! I do not know what that will cost, but I do know it will not be cheap and that it will be a time when both of our businesses will not be able to operate. 

Joshua and I hate that we had to even ask for help to start with. We are always self reliant and are the ones to help others when we are able. This is part of the reason we fought so hard for work release so that we did not have to rely on others. This is why I am working myself to death to grow my business while Josh is home to watch our 3 year old so that no matter what the future holds, I can provide for our children without relying on others. 

In an effort to be even more transparant, I used to get my hair done every 8 weeks bleach blonde. If you saw me now you would be embarrassed for me! I have not had my hair done since February because if I owe someone money there is now way in heck I will spend money on "luxuries". I will be getting my hair done later this month only because I will have received a paycheck and looking professional is a priority in order to have a successful real estate business.

We are are beyond grateful and blessed that so many of you have donated and allowed us to secure our attorneys. However, we are aware our goal set back in March may not be reached and that is okay. We will leave the fundraiser up in case we are blessed enough to reach the goal and know without a doubt we have all the neccessary funds if this goes to trial, BUT we are not relying on it. Again, just one of the many reasons we fought for work release to be able to provide for ourselves and our family. 

I know I did not "have" to address this, but I never want anyone to think we are abusing the fundraiser. And just because the fundraiser remains up DOES NOT mean you HAVE to donate. Your prayers are enough! I wish you could all know us personally, know our family and know our hearts. One day we hope to hug everyone of your necks and thank you in person. I hope this update brings some clarification and maybe peace to the mind of the person who was originally concerned and anyone else who may have the same thought.

Blessings,
Audrey 

Good Morning! 

Yesterday was the status hearing where the judge heard different motions. No rulings were made on the motions, but there were some good arguments. I read the first article on the hearing this morning that was of course all about Josh. One part stood out to me....in regards to the tampering with evidence charge when it relates to the grand jury investigations:

"Prosecutors argued they don’t need to provide a particular date, only to show that James’ actions interfered with the grand jury’s efforts to investigate."

I am no attorney, but in my mind it seems if he deleted a text before there was ever a grand jury meeting then there was no "evidence" to delete. People delete text messages everyday! Not revealing the date to me is SHADY! 

They are clearly withholding evidence. I know this to be true because a statment made in an earlier indictement made no sense to me until a couple weeks ago when we saw video that made the statement make sense. Prosecution said the video was just discovered, but funny how the video showed word for word what the indictment has said for months!! They only released the video in an attempt to prevent work release and claimed it was "just discovered".

More from the article:

"...a number of issues were raised, including a lengthy discussion on whether the obstruction of an official proceeding charge – under the listed federal statute – applies to the attack on the Capitol. Defense attorneys argued the statute dealt with corruption — such as bribery and destruction of evidence. They contend that it didn’t apply to the conduct charged by federal prosecutors.
Federal prosecutors argued the attack on the Capitol was a corrupt act aimed at impeding the vote certification."

The Judge has requested another brief on the above arguement. Please pray heavily over that topic and the outcome of the brief.

That is all I have for now. I hope you are all well and having a blessed week! Love, Audrey 

 

Hello...we had a zoom call with our attorneys today. First, I want to express how unbelievably grateful we are for our attorneys. I think we secured THE BEST! (All thanks to you). We did go over financials again today and after the payment I will need to pay tomorrow, we will be on limited funds. If there is no trial, we will be okay. If there is a trial (which is likely) we will need another significant payment for the attorneys. Not to mention the trial is set to last minimum 6 weeks which will require us to find a temporary rental near D.C. (Which means my business is on hault during those weeks).

It is vital that I be present at the trial. Depending on when the trial is officially set, we will have to get crafty with the kids and school. Our daughter is in high school and cheers, runs track, etc.....she will not want to miss any of that and she would be who would help me watch her brothers during trial. If she stays behind, I will need a sitter/nanny during the trial. 

Thankfully, Josh was just put on work release and he can start working again, but unfortunately we have missed the busiest season in his business. Of course I am working hard in my business as a Realtor and now double as Josh's secretary. All computer work and calls for his business fall on me.

Funny how prosecutors tried to say he did not need to work because of our fundraiser and how the majority has gone to legal fees against their political prosecution.  

If you cannot donate, please share our fundraiser and continue to pray! We cannot survive this without you, our family of supporters! 

Stay tuned for another update this week after the status hearing.

Love, The James Family 

Well, I think it is fair to say someone is unhappy about Joshua getting granted work release because as of today, anyone who shared our fundraiser back in MARCH on Facebook recevied a notification that it was rmoved for "going against community guidelines for supporting a terrorist or dangerous person"!!! Clearly, the judge does not agree that he is a dangerous person. 

The DOJ said he did not need to go back to work because we have the fundraiser. We argued that while we are appreciative for the financial support from the fundraiser and our supporters, Joshua is an able bodied business owner who would like to support his family and NOT rely on others to do so. Not to mention the fundraiser funds are primarily for legal fees since this thing will not go to trial until next year and the trial will take months!

So I guess they are trying to hinder our finances in anyway possible.

Joshua has spent all day in the work trailer trying to get it back up and running. The equipment will need to be serviced and there is some rot on the trailer door and roof from sitting for so long that we will need to tend to first so that is added expenses, but we are SO excited to be back up and running and working for our customers! We are anxiously awaiting the all clear from pre-trial services so we can get started! 

Please continue to pray for us. I can only imagine how hard they will try to come after this fundraiser. Good and God will win! 

Love, Audreey (Joshua and kids, too)

I am coming to you with GREAT NEWS! Despite the prosecution's opposition, the Judge granted Joshua's work release! God is great! Thank you so much for all the continued prayer's and support! This would not be possible without y'all! 

Hey Y'all! 

We had a status hearing last week. Not much change other than a new indictment adding new defendants AND them changing the wording of Joshua's charge from "assaulting an officer" to "interefering with an officer". The charge carries the same weight, however, the threat level of each word makes a big difference in my opinion. But they succeeded in the "scare factor" they hoped to acheive by saying "assault" didn't they? Next month is another status hearing to go over motions. Please pray for the defendants still jailed. Seeing their deteriorating appearance on these hearings is heartbreaking. Please also pray for their families as well. 

We are pursuing work release which the prosecution is arguing against so please pray over that. 

Perhaps off topic, but if you are on Facebook and instagram and would like to support my Real Estate business by giving me a follow and interacting, I would greatly appreciate it! I am working hard to build a strong business for whatever the future holds. Even if you are not local...people relocate it all the time to other states! Plus, I keep it humourous from time to time and you may even catch a glimpse of Josh now and then. :) Thank y'all as always for everything! There is not a day that goes by that our family does not think of you and thank God for you! 

FB and Instagram: @audreysellsalabama

Love, Audrey (and family)

Hey Y'all! 

We had a status hearing last week. Not much change other than a new indictment adding new defendants AND them changing the wording of Joshua's charge from "assaulting an officer" to "interefering with an officer". The charge carries the same weight, however, the threat level of each word makes a big difference in my opinion. But they succeeded in the "scare factor" they hoped to acheive by saying "assault" didn't they? Next month is another status hearing to go over motions. Please pray for the defendants still jailed. Seeing their deteriorating appearance on these hearings is heartbreaking. Please also pray for their families as well. 

We are pursuing work release which the prosecution is arguing against so please pray over that. 

Perhaps off topic, but if you are on Facebook and instagram and would like to support my Real Estate business by giving me a follow and interacting, I would greatly appreciate it! I am working hard to build a strong business for whatever the future holds. Even if you are not local...people relocate it all the time to other states! Plus, I keep it humourous from time to time and you may even catch a glimpse of Josh now and then. :) Thank y'all as always for everything! There is not a day that goes by that our family does not think of you and thank God for you! 

FB and Instagram: @audreysellsalabama

Love, Audrey (and family)

Hey Y'all! 

We had a status hearing last week. Not much change other than a new indictment adding new defendants AND them changing the wording of Joshua's charge from "assaulting an officer" to "interefering with an officer". The charge carries the same weight, however, the threat level of each word makes a big difference in my opinion. But they succeeded in the "scare factor" they hoped to acheive by saying "assault" didn't they? Next month is another status hearing to go over motions. Please pray for the defendants still jailed. Seeing the deteriorating appearance on these hearintgs heartbreaking. Please also pray for their families as well. 

We are pursuing work release which the prosecution is arguing against so please pray over that. 

Perhaps off topic, but if you are on Facebook and instagram and would like to support my Real Estate business by giving me a follow and interacting, I would greatly appreciate it! I am working hard to build a strong business for whatever the future holds. Even if you are not local...people relocate it all the time to other states! Plus, I keep it humourous from time to time and you may even catch a glimpse of Josh now and then. :) Thank y'all as always for everything! There is not a day that goes by that our family does not think of you and thank God for you! 

FB and Instagram: @audreysellsalabama

Love, Audrey (and family)

Hello Friends, 

I do not have much of an update I can share at this point other than we have a status hearing next week. I am hoping we will have some updates (hopefully good updates) that we can share with you. 

We are in continuous prayers for this situation, those who are still being held without bail ( please keep them all in your prayers as well)...It is still so unnreal at times. As the kids gear up for back to school I am excited yet nervous for them. Thankful Josh is at least home, but sad we did not make memories with them this summer. I took our daughter back to school shopping and we stopped at Josh and I's favorite place for lunch and it felt so sad and not right. We packed it in and went home. It does not feel right not doing it together. But again...still thankful he is home even if it is home detention. 

I am tying to avoid social media because it seems the meanies have picked back up lately with hunting down my profiles whether it is my personal or work. I am still trrying to work like crazy over here so I do not need trolls on my business pages. It is not easy to not stand up for Josh or our family on social but I have to remember the big picture. 

I wish I had moree to share and hopefully next week I will. Josh and I appreiciate you all more than we can express. With love, Audrey

 

Happy Friday Friends, 

First, we want to thank all of you for your continued donations and support. We receive an email anytime a donation is made and last night Josh was on his knees in tears at your generosity and support. We wish we could thank you in person and hopefully one day we can.

Second, today Josh (and the others) had a status hearing. There is talks of the trial being anywhere from January - April of next year. Again, the road is long. I am hopeful in the near future Josh will be allowed to leave the house and work. We do not know what the future holds, but I want us to make memories with the time we have.

I will also try to do a better job at updating more often. Sometimes there is not much to tell. Anytime there is news or a developement I will post an update.

Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts and have a safe and happy weekend celebrating FREEDOM and what the 4th is all about! I am sure we will put Josh to work on the grill! :) 

Forever grateful,
Audrey and Family 

Hello all...there have been recent developments in the case against the Oath Keepers and while it is not directtly about Josh, it does affect Josh and our family. Two Oath Keepers have plead guilty to 2 felonies...obstruction and conspiracy. While one of the Oath Keepers we do not know, we do know the other and we are saddened to hear of his plea. He is a wonderful Veteran, 54 years old, with no criminal history. His plea has him facing up to 5 years along with a fine of anywhere from $20k-$200k. Per his charges, much like Josh's, he was allegedly in the Capitol for 4 minutes. 4 minutes of being present in the "People's House" and now facing 5 years plus hefty fines. I am working my way through the plea and highlighting like crazy. The constitutional rights they are forfeiting...and the fact they are agreeing to "tell the truth" but also by signing this agreement they are "pleading guilty because I am in fact guilty of these offenses" makes ZERO sense. Those two statements contradict themselves. 

These pleas are bad news for Josh and any other Oath Keeper because these pleas are setting the standard for everyone else. 

Here is another scary fact: Josh has not been allowed to work during the busiest season of his business, we have turned away so much business due to this and have lost out on a significant portion of our income. If he does more than 90 days, from what I have found via the VA, he will lose his military benefits and pay. Leaving the kids and I with no guaranteed income. Now our attorneys are working to find a way to prevent that from happening so, Lord willing, there is a way. I have been working everyday to build my Real Estate business as quickly as I can so that I will be able to support us if the worst happens. While I am getting busier, I am still newer to the area and it is a commission based business. It also has been a challenge to secure listings in this town since all of this has happened. While yes we have supporter, I am sure there are people who do not want my sign in their yard because of the negative attention it could bring to the sale of their home. 

The road (battle) ahead is getting longer and scarier each week. We appreciate your continued support and prayers. We will continue to update as we know more and can. Thank you. 

Love,
Audrey

Hello all...there have been recent developments in the case against the Oath Keepers and while it is not directtly about Josh, it does affect Josh and our family. Two Oath Keepers have plead guilty to 2 felonies...obstruction and conspiracy. While one of the Oath Keepers we do not know, we do know the other and we are saddened to hear of his plea. He is a wonderful Veteran, 54 years old, with no criminal history. His plea has him facing up to 5 years along with a fine of anywhere from $20k-$200k. Per his charges, much like Josh's, he was allegedly in the Capitol for 4 minutes. 4 minutes of being present in the "People's House" and now facing 5 years plus hefty fines. I am working my way through the plea and highlighting like crazy. The constitutional rights they are forfeiting...and the fact they are agreeing to "tell the truth" but also by signing this agreement they are "pleading guilty because I am in fact guilty of these offenses" makes ZERO sense. Those two statements contradict themselves. 

These pleas are bad news for Josh and any other Oath Keeper because these pleas are setting the standard for everyone else. 

Here is another scary fact: Josh has not been allowed to work during the busiest season of his business, we have turned away so much business due to this and have lost out on a significant portion of our income. If he does more than 90 days, from what I have found via the VA, he will lose his military benefits and pay. Leaving the kids and I with no guaranteed income. Now our attorneys are working to find a way to prevent that from happening so, Lord willing, there is a way. I have been working everyday to build my Real Estate business as quickly as I can so that I will be able to support us if the worst happens. While I am getting busier, I am still newer to the area and it is a commission based business. It also has been a challenge to secure listings in this town since all of this has happened. While yes we have supporter, I am sure there are people who do not want my sign in their yard because of the negative attention it could bring to the sale of their home. 

The road (battle) ahead is getting longer and scarier each week. We appreciate your continued support and prayers. We will continue to update as we know more and can. Thank you. 

Love,
Audrey

Hello all...there have been recent developments in the case against the Oath Keepers and while it is not directtly about Josh, it does affect Josh and our family. Two Oath Keepers have plead guilty to 2 felonies...obstruction and conspiracy. While one of the Oath Keepers we do not know, we do know the other and we are saddened to hear of his plea. He is a wonderful Veteran, 54 years old, with no criminal history. His plea has him facing up to 5 years along with a fine of anywhere from $20k-$200k. Per his charges, much like Josh's, he was allegedly in the Capitol for 4 minutes. 4 minutes of being present in the "People's House" and now facing 5 years plus hefty fines. I am working my way through the plea and highlighting like crazy. The constitutional rights they are forfeiting...and the fact they are agreeing to "tell the truth" but also by signing this agreement they are "pleading guilty because I am in fact guilty of these offenses" makes ZERO sense. Those two statements contradict themselves. 

These pleas are bad news for Josh and any other Oath Keeper because these pleas are setting the standard for everyone else. 

Here is another scary fact: Josh has not been allowed to work during the busiest season of his business, we have turned away so much business due to this and have lost out on a significant portion of our income. If he does more than 90 days, from what I have found via the VA, he will lose his military benefits and pay. Leaving the kids and I with no guaranteed income. Now our attorneys are working to find a way to prevent that from happening so, Lord willing, there is a way. I have been working everyday to build my Real Estate business as quickly as I can so that I will be able to support us if the worst happens. While I am getting busier, I am still newer to the area and it is a commission based business. It also has been a challenge to secure listings in this town since all of this has happened. While yes we have supporter, I am sure there are people who do not want my sign in their yard because of the negative attention it could bring to the sale of their home. 

The road (battle) ahead is getting longer and scarier each week. We appreciate your continued support and prayers. We will continue to update as we know more and can. Thank you. 

Love,
Audrey

I just wanted to share a verse from today's devotional. Joshua and I are taking comfort in this:

“Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.” James 1:2-4

Yesterday, we had a status hearing and more charges were added to Josh.We anticipated these charges based on the info the prosecution released when they attempted to re-open his detention hearing previously. Of course I would love to share Josh's side and my thoughts, but I do not know what can and cannot be shared. We just have to trust in God and know that truth will prevail. 

Since prosecution has to be on board with work release, and they have added new charges, it is unlikely he will be allowed to work while awaiting trial like we had hoped. The next status hearing is in July. 

Thank you for the continued prayers and support. It means more than you know and we definitly need it. These are scary times. Love,  Audrey 

Hello! I am sorry it has been so silent over here. There is not much of anything to report at this point. We are just enjoying having time together as a family and preparing for whatever comes next. Since Josh is home to help with the kids, I am working hard to build my business in order to help with the financial burden of him not working and whatever may come our way. I just wanted to say how grateful we are for all of you for your continued support. Not a day goes by that we don't think of you all and how important you are to us. We could not get through this without you all! With Love, The James Family 

"For I am the Lord your God, who holds your right hand, who says to you "Do not fear, I will help you." Isaiah 41:13
Another battle won this morning! Thank you all for the continued prayers, donations and support! Keep them coming. Truth, justice and God will win this battle! We love y'all! - Joshua, Audrey and Kids 

We need you now more than ever ! Prosecution is working hard to revoke Joshua's bond! He's complied completely with his conditions and this is unheard of. We need your support and prayers now more than ever. We have started a Facebook group for support of our family and Joshua. The support of the community, those known and unknown, have helped more than you know! Please join our Facebook group to be closely connected and to continue supporting our fight ! The volume of support matters! Thank you!! 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2750541475257743/

We are so excited to share that Joshua was released yesterday, April 9th, and allowed to come home to await trial! The fight is not over, but this is a step in the right direction. We are so grateful to all of you for your help making this possible! Your support and continued prayers are so important to us! I am going to make a video of Joshua for y'all as well very soon. With love, The James Family 

Happy Easter! We pray you have had a beautiful day with your loved ones. I wanted to give a praise report. Joshua and I had been looking forward to Easter this year because we knew it would be a day of memories with our 2 year old, Wyatt. Wyatt loved Halloween so much and we knew his excitement level would be the same for egg hunting. Unfortunately, Joshua could not be here in person, BUT thankfully we were able to do a video call and I carried the laptop around the yard so he could watch Wyatt, Alivia and Quentin hunt their eggs! We are blessed to have had that opportunity. 

We need your prayers big time this week as some updates are rolling in. I hope to be able to share more praise reports soon! 

With love, Audrey 

Hello all! I wanted to provide what little updates I have to our supporters. Joshua has been moved from the quarantine pod to General Population and still has not been transferred to D.C. Going into General Population was an adjustment. A year ago Joshua sustained an injury to his shin at work and weirdly enough almost a year to the date the wound is swelling and becoming infected and he has been trying for 2 days to get medical attention at the jail with little luck. So please pray for his health regarding that situation. We have been advised by our attorney to not make any public statements at this time so they cannot be manipulated and used against us going forward. It has been VERY hard to not speak out.

We know we need all the support we can get so if y'all can help me keep our story alive until we are clear to continue speaking publicly I would greatly appreciate it! 

We are hoping to have news of a new bail hearing with a D.C.judge soon and I hope once that happens I will then be able to share the best news yet with y'all ! 

The kids and I are hanging in there. Some days are better than others. Our middle son still cannot talk to Josh without crying and he sometimes gets excited to see his truck when he gets off the bus only to remember Josh is not home. :( We still get some mean people trolling our business pages and emails, but recently also received a postcard. Thank you to the main stream media for prodcasting our home to the crazies. So pray for protection over the kids and I, please. 

It is the busiest season for Josh's business and it has been painful to not be able to help past and new customers. I only hope that when all this is over we can pick up the peices and rebuild. 

Thank you all for standing by us and please keep praying! With Love, Audrey 

I do not have any real updates at this time. We are praying for good news soon. I just found out I can see and reply to the prayers you all have submitted for us! I will be working to reply to them all and I am sorry for the delay. I did not realize that feature was an option until today. Hopefully, I will be able to read some of the prayers to Joshua soon. I will check in soon and hopefully I will have good news or atleast positive progress! Thank you all so much for everything! -Audrey 

Today I was able to send the retainer to our chosen attorney thanks to you amazing people! It was terrifying to send and I cried when I got back into my car. Without y'all we would not be able to retain an attorney and I will forever be grateful beyond words. Now I can allow the attorney to take over the legal part of things and I pray for good news on that end asap!

Joshua had asked for me to send him a Bible and constitutional law books, but unfortunately, the jail he is currently in will not allow me to send books. We are both disappointed.

We have been blessed with friends and community members dropping off dinner for us! Joshua is our personal chef and a dang good cook so the kids and I are grateful for help on that end as well! 

I wanted to share a little humor with you all. I go to bed early, but Joshua usually stays up late cleaning. I always fuss and ask him to clean during the day like a normal person, but now I am realzing how spoiled and well taken care of we are thanks to Joshua. I am having to pick up the "slack" in a lot of places without him. I told him this week "I guess I get to learn how to mow the lawn!" 

I read the messages with your donations to Joshua when I can. Sometimes our calls are only 3 to 5 minutes, but I tell him all about YOU! Thankful to Tom from Give Send Go calling to pray with me this week and to every single one of you praying, donating, sharing our story and bringing food ! I hope one day I can hug your neck in person with Joshua by my side!

With a lot of love and thankfulness, Audrey

Today was the toughest day yet in regards to the harrassment that has befallen our family. It  was an unimaginabe and scary day...BUT we have selected  our attorney! So that is a blessing and one less thing to worry about. I am so grateful to have y'all supporting us and backing us. I am drawing my strength from my children, the Lord and you, our supporters. I cannot thank you enough. I will update you when I have more. <3

No new updates at this point. I have been on the phone all day everyday with different attorneys and organizations. We have been trying to arrange a call for Joshua to speak with an attorney to see how he feels in regards to retaining this particular one, but with it being the weekend the jail is not making it easy. I am getting some legal guidance on the best way to manage this fundraiser. The support is mind blowing, overwhelming (in a good way) and we will never be able to thank you enough, but will spend forever trying! I am working to make sure any unused funds will be returned. Again, thank you again for all the support and prayers. They, along with the Lord, are keeping us going. I will update when I have any news!