Two Florida residents pleaded guilty in 2020 to the theft of the diary of Ashley Biden, daughter of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, revealed Thursday. the New York Times.
Earlier in the day, a statement from the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Aimee Harris, 40, and Robert Kurlander, 58, “pled guilty today to interstate transportation of stolen property involving theft of personal effects of an immediate relative”. of a then high-ranking government official who was a candidate in a national election.
Among the stolen personal effects, the press release, which does not identify Ashley Biden by name, notably lists a handwritten diary, a memory card containing family photos, and a cell phone.
The daughter of the current president had left her personal effects in the spring of 2020 with a friend in Florida, with whom Aimee Harris then stayed.
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The two suspects are accused of trying to sell the diary to Donald Trump’s campaign, which allegedly rejected their offer. They then turned to Project Veritas, an ultra-conservative group known for its support of the Republican billionaire and for its publicity stunts involving the disclosure of personal data.
An FBI investigation was sparked when the conservative site National File published the contents of the diary that included personal details of Ashley Biden’s life. National File claims to have obtained the documents from someone within Project Veritas.
In October 2020, just before the presidential election, another son of Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, was caught up in a leak of personal documents.
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