Ashley Biden’s diary and its contents: what we know

Florida Woman Aimee Harris was sentenced on April 9, 2024, to one month in prison and three months of home confinement for stealing the diary of President Joe Biden’s daughter and selling it to Project Veritas, a conservative group known for his hidden camera stings.

Following the conviction, allegations that had circulated in the past about Ashley Biden’s diary began to appear again on social media.

A few viral messages allege that President Biden acted inappropriately with his daughter, as described in a screenshot of an alleged Ashley Biden diary entry.

A message with tens of thousands of views, this suggests that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed the contents of Ashley’s diary.

“The real story is that the Biden DOJ has officially confirmed that Joe Biden showered inappropriately with his daughter and made her uncomfortable,” the post said.

Several readers also asked us to VERIFY claims related to Ashley Biden’s diary.

Has the Justice Department confirmed the contents of Ashley Biden’s diary?

No, the Justice Department has not confirmed the contents of Ashley Biden’s diary.

Neither the Justice Department nor any other federal agency has confirmed the alleged contents of Ashley Biden’s diary.

The alleged clip that was shared online was originally published in October 2020 by the National FileA conservative media who is known for sharing unreliable information. Federal authorities and other credible media outlets have not corroborated the legitimacy of the diary entries shared by the National File.

In August 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the New York FBI Office announced that Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges “involving the theft of personal belongings of a immediate family member of a former government official of the time. who was running for national political office. Kurlander has not yet been sentenced.

The announcement of the plea agreement and billing documents in the case had no information about the contents of Ashley Biden’s diary, contrary to what online publications suggest.

Ashley’s name isn’t even mentioned in the ad and court records. The Associated Press And other media named her as the victim of the robbery.

Ashley has never publicly addressed the contents of the stolen diary.

What we know about the affair and Ashley Biden’s diary

Prosecutors said in charging documents that Ashley was leaving a friend’s house in Delray Beach, Florida, in the spring of 2020 when she stored the diary and other personal belongings there.

Aimee Harris then moved into the same room and found Ashley’s belongings there. When Harris contacted Kurlander, he told her he would help her make “a ton of money” by selling Ashley’s belongings.

The two men first tried to sell some of the stolen goods to former President Donald Trump’s campaign, which turned them down and asked them to report the items to the FBI, according to court documents.

Harris and Kurlander then spoke to an organization that the AP and other media outlets have identified like Project Veritas, which paid $40,000 for the diary and other items belonging to Ashley Biden.

James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, said in November 2021 that “tipsters” claiming to have a copy of Ashley Biden’s diary contacted the group in late 2020. But Project Veritas ultimately did not release any information from the diary because it could not confirm that it actually belonged to Ashley Biden.

The National File published what he said was a digital copy of Ashley Biden’s diary provided by a “Project Veritas whistleblower.” This digital copy included the excerpt alleging that President Biden showered with his daughter and which was shared in related social media posts.

But neither Ashley nor federal law enforcement has confirmed that the entries published by the National File were legitimate.

The FBI declined to comment and referred VERIFY to the Justice Department, which did not respond to our email at the time of publication.

Ashley Biden’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.