{"id":2216537,"date":"2024-04-09T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-who-stole-ashley-bidens-diary-sentenced-to-one-month-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T13:58:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:58:26","slug":"woman-who-stole-ashley-bidens-diary-sentenced-to-one-month-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-who-stole-ashley-bidens-diary-sentenced-to-one-month-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"A woman convicted of stealing Ashley Biden&#8217;s diary has been sentenced to one month in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoman-who-stole-ashley-bidens-diary-sentenced-to-one-month-in-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2216537&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Aimee Harris\u2062 was sentenced to one month in prison\u200b and three months of home detention \u200bfor stealing Ashley Biden\u2019s diary and selling it before the 2020 election. Judge Laura Swain criticized Harris for delaying \u2064tactics, despite the DOJ&#8217;s request for a harsher penalty. Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-to-pardon-gen-michael-flynn-per-report\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump to Pardon Gen. Michael Flynn, Per Report\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to conspiracy in August 2022 and had multiple legal issues surrounding the case. Aimee Harris received a one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-state-researcher-sentenced-to-prison-for-concealing-ties-to-chinese-spy-program\/\" title=\"Ohio State Researcher Sentenced to Prison for Concealing Ties to Chinese Spy Program\">-month prison sentence<\/a> and\u200c three months\u2062 of home\u200c detention for stealing Ashley\u200d Biden&#8217;s diary and selling it before the\u2063 2020 election. Judge Laura Swain reprimanded Harris for her delays, despite the Department of Justice\u200c seeking a harsher punishment. In August 2022, \u2062Harris pleaded guilty to conspiracy. Her case was \u200dcompounded by\u200b various additional\u2064 legal matters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A judge on Tuesday sentenced Aimee Harris to one month in prison and three months of home detention for stealing Ashley Biden\u2019s diary and other items and selling them to a right-leaning group ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2020-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Laura Swain <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/innercitypress\/status\/1777733963995660752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denounced<\/a> Harris\u2019s conduct as serious during a hearing in <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York\">New York<\/a> and criticized her for delaying her sentencing hearing a dozen times. The judge said, though, that the Department of Justice\u2019s request that Harris receive four to 10 months in prison was unnecessary, according to Inner City Press.<\/p>\n<p>Harris had asked only for probation, and her defense attorney said in court that the defendant had been punished enough by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-tom-tiffany-requests-federal-funds-pulled-from-indian-tribe-guilty-of-illegally-holding-wisconsites-hostage\/\" title=\"Rep. Tom Tiffany Requests Federal Funds Pulled From Indian Tribe Guilty Of Illegally Holding Wisconsites Hostage\u00a0\">negative press attention<\/a> and had been working to overcome a slate of legal woes, not just from the diary theft but from child custody matters and a DUI charge, according to Inner City Press.<\/p>\n<p>Harris repeatedly sought eleventh-hour delays to her sentencing hearing, which was originally scheduled for December 2022. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2951589\/doj-seeks-harsher-penalty-ashley-biden-diary-thief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provided<\/a> reasons on a last-minute basis to the court, such as sudden sickness, child care problems, and a lack of documentation for travel.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019s sentencing comes after she pleaded guilty in August 2022 to one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property.<\/p>\n<p>Harris had been temporarily residing at a home in Delray Beach, Florida, in 2020 when she came upon Ashley Biden\u2019s handwritten diary, tax information, a digital camera, family photos, a phone, and other belongings, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>The homeowner was a friend of Ashley Biden, then-candidate Joe Biden\u2019s daughter, and had allowed the younger Biden to leave her belongings there, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-dept-drops-felony-case-against-trans-portland-antifa-rioter-accused-of-assaulting-officers\/\" title=\"Justice Dept. Drops Felony Case Against Trans Portland Antifa Rioter Accused of Assaulting Officers\">court documents stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When Harris came upon the items, she and her co-defendant, Robert Kurlander, began conspiring on how they could make money off the items, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>About two months before the 2020 presidential election, Harris and Kurlander attempted to sell Ashley Biden\u2019s diary and other items to then-President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign because they believed the campaign could use the items to damage Trump\u2019s political opponent. However, the Trump campaign rejected their offer and advised them to go to the FBI, the prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Harris and Kurlander then turned to Project Veritas, a right-leaning organization known for its controversial methods of gathering news through undercover recordings.<\/p>\n<p>The pair traveled from Florida to New York to sell some of Ashley Biden\u2019s possessions to Project Veritas, eventually receiving $20,000 apiece from the organization for the diary and other items.<\/p>\n<p>As part of her penalty, Harris must also forfeit the money she received from the organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Project Veritas, for its part, decided against publishing the diary and eventually gave it to the police. However, its former employees remain under investigation for their role in obtaining it. They have been wrapped up in a yearslong court battle with the DOJ over claims the government violated their First Amendment rights as journalists by seizing their phones and computers as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Kurlander was set to be sentenced this week, but the judge rescheduled his hearing to Oct. 25 at the request of the DOJ in a sign that Kurlander is cooperating with the government investigation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aimee Harris was sentenced to one month in prison and three months of home detention for stealing Ashley Biden\u2019s diary and selling it to a right-leaning group before the 2020 election. 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