The New York Times has published a lengthy investigative piece exploring the federal investigation into the diary, including how it found its way into the hands of supporters of Mr. Trump at the height of the campaign.. The Ashley Biden diary story is a case study in how women sometimes work as handmaidens to Republican men. Have they proved reliable in the past? Exactly what happened next remains the subject of the federal investigation. [14], In August 2020, Biden spoke at the 2020 Democratic National Convention before her father accepted the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination. Announcement will be in April or early May. Her son, Joey Fago a real estate agent who this year worked with Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberley Guilfoyle on their purchase of a $9.7 million Florida mansion posted a video of him and his mother at the White House on election night in 2020 and at a Christmas party the next month, where they can be seen in the West Wing. Ms. Fago visited the Trump White House at least twice. [1][2] Her father, Joe Biden, is the president of the United States and previously served as vice president. My dad is a lifelong public servant; my mom was a public-school teacherits in my DNA.. Ashley Bidens diary which was published shortly before the 2020 election by a conservative news site that highlighted a claim against her father is the subject of a criminal probe launched by the FBI, which is investigating locations connected with Project Veritas, the conservative group that conducts stings on public figures in politics and the media. Any achievement that I accomplished, many people attributed to the fact that I was his daughter, she once lamented, according to The List. The Bidens have not commented on the diary. Should the Southern District of New York try to take away our First Amendment rights to uncover and publish newsworthy stories without government intimidation, be assured, Project Veritas will not back down. Getty [14][13] She obtained a master's of social work degree from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Social Policy and Practice in 2010. [20] In 2012, she joined the Delaware Center for Justice as an associate director, focusing on criminal justice reform in the state. She was one of twelve graduates who received the John Hope Franklin Combating American Racism Award. President Joe . First, we have the saga of Ashley Biden, 27-year-old daughter of Vice President Joe Biden. Ms. Harris was in a contentious custody dispute and was struggling financially, according to Palm Beach County court records. Ashley Blazer Biden (born June 8, 1981) is an American social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer. [26][18][27][28] The launch event was attended by Biden's parents and celebrities including Olivia Palermo and Christian Siriano. Now, Ms. Bidens Fathers Department of Justice, specifically the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York, appears to be investigating the situation, claiming the diary was stolen. In a letter to followers of his website, Project Veritass founder James OKeefe wrote, I awoke to the news that apartments and homes of Project Veritas journalists, or former journalists, had been raided by FBI agents. Powered by. FILE President Joe Biden walks on the beach with daughter Ashley Biden, in Rehoboth Beach, Del., June 20, 2022. Joe !!!.. [14] She also interned at a summer program at Georgetown University, working with youth from Anacostia. To quote Lord Acton, we believe everything kept secret degenerates. Sometimes, as was the case here, after we investigate, we decide to not publish a news story. We never published it. A Florida woman who found Ashley Biden's private diary is being investigated by the FBI - not for stealing the journal but for selling it, DailyMail.com has learned.. Those being scrutinized include current and former operatives for the conservative group Project Veritas; a donor Mr. Trump appointed to a political position in the final days of his administration; a man who once pleaded guilty in a money laundering scheme; and a financially struggling mother of two, according to people familiar with federal grand jury subpoenas and a search warrant who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. [51], In 2020, a diary Biden kept was stolen and sold to the right-wing activist group Project Veritas. What is this due to? A diary purportedly belonging to Ashley Biden, daughter of President Joe Biden, contained a disturbing revelation about her father and now recent legal action confirmed that it was, indeed, her property. In November 2021, FBI agents conducted an early-morning search at the home of Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe as part of an investigation into Ashley Biden's stolen diary. My father was message I could get love from men., It also refers to being wiped until too late in the game, and blanket being taken away, and not letting myself go to bathroom., The writer discusses family in the diary, writing, I think what keeps coming up for me is my brothers. 2 Florida residents plead guilty in theft of Ashley Biden's diary Aimee Harris, 40, and Robert Kurlander, 58, admitted to stealing the diary from a home in Delray Beach and then selling it. Feds are ridiculous people, Patrick Howley (@HowleyReporter) November 6, 2021, He also tweeted, The Pundit Class is busy doing process pieces on high-level investigative journalism instead of reporting on Joe and Ashleys showers. Washington, DC. Weve investigated powerful people, and, in many ways, we are the tip of the spear, but we never break the law. Its a decision that only I can make. I think so I cant remember specifics but I do remember trauma. The person the writer is accusing of molestation, if they even remembered it, is not mentioned in the pages. The content and text of the diary were published by a conservative news site before the 2020 presidential election, but it didn't get much attention until now. A diary! Harriss social media accounts show shes a fan of Trump, and she learned Ashley Biden had left some belongings behind, The Times reported, adding that a short time later the diary had been acquired from Ms. Harris and a friend by Project Veritas. Thats all under investigation. We dont mislead or conceal. The report said the police contacted both the Secret Service and the F.B.I., which later collected the items. Weve investigated powerful people, and, in many ways, we are the tip of the spear, but we never break the law. [16] While at Archmere, her father's alma mater, she was a member of the lacrosse and field hockey teams. Less than a month before Election Day, in an Oct. 12, 2020, email that Project Veritas included in a court filing, Mr. OKeefe told his team that he had made the decision not to publish a story about the diary, adding: We have no doubt the document is real but that reactions to its publication would be characterized as a cheap shot.. [40], In June 2020, Biden designed the uniforms for the staff at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. as an offshoot of her Livelihood Collection[46][33] The uniforms were unveiled at a private launch party. A "friend" attempted to sell a hidden-camera video allegedly showing Ashley snorting cocaine. On LinkedIn, Biden lists experience as an education and employment liaison with the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families from 2007 to 2012; employment and education specialist at West End Neighborhood House in Wilmington, Delaware, from 2006 to 2007; and a clinical support specialist at NHS Childrens Reach Clinic in Philadelphia from 2003 to 2006. The author wrote that she remembers showers w/ my dad (probably not appropriate), according to the pages published by National File. The pages published by the National File contain this line, Was I molested. However, National File, an outlet unrelated to Project Veritas, published alleged excerpts of 39-year-old Ashley Biden's diary that included details of her previously disclosed problems with drugs. It appears the Southern District of New York now has journalists in their sights for the supposed crime of doing their jobs lawfully and honestly. Ashley Biden's diary was deemed a federal issue of such importance that the Administration conducted highly intrusive searches and seizures targeting a publisher. Two Palm Beach County residents this week pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting they snatched a diary kept by President Joe Biden's daughter when she lived briefly in Delray Beach . Ashley Biden's diary is the topic of an investigation. In 1994, Mr. Kurlander pleaded guilty in federal court in Florida to a conspiracy count in a drug-related money laundering scheme that also led to a guilty plea from David Witter, the grandson of the founder of the investment firm Dean Witter. Announcement will be in April or early May. A decade later, a purported friend of hers tried to sell the New York Post a hidden camera video that they said showed a woman resembling Biden using cocaine, Examiner reported. Its a decision that only I can make. She served as the executive director of the Delaware Center for Justice from 2014 to 2019. . Back in November, the FBI conducted a pre-dawn raid of the home of Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe looking for the "stolen" diary of Biden's daughter, Ashley. [14], After college, Biden worked as a waitress at a pizza shop in Wilmington for a few months before starting her career in social work. worked with Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberley Guilfoyle. However, those news outlets are generally leaving the actual claims in the published pages out of their stories, including the passage about showers; theyve been widely circulated, though, by conservatives like Candace Owens on social media. [37][38], Along with Colleen Atwood, Barbara Tfank, Rachel Zoe, Bibhu Mohapatra, Betsey Johnson, Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, Anna Sui, Paul Tazewell, and other designers and fashion houses, Biden designed outfits for 12-inch (30cm) vinyl dolls of the Peanuts characters Snoopy and Belle for the 2017 Snoopy and Belle in Fashion exhibition. 08/25/2022 01:50 PM EDT. His Daughter", "Ashley Biden's New Sweatshirt Line Is Style With a Powerful Social Conscience", "Everything You Need To Know About Joe Biden's Four Children Before Tonight's Debate", "Joe Biden's Fashion Designer Daughter Just Raised The Normcore Bar", "Joe Biden Takes Over New York Fashion Week With Gilt", "Joe Biden Supports Daughter Ashley at Her NYFW Debut! Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. This LUCIFER IN THE FLESH must be DEFEATED!" read a tweet. Why arent they campaigning like your 4 kids? She provided the name of their lawyer, who declined to comment. It appears the Southern District of New York now has journalists in their sights for the supposed crime of doing their jobs lawfully and honestly. My dad is a lifelong public servant; my mom was a public-school teacherits in my DNA.. Follow Patrick on Twitter @HowleyReporter and at Gab.com/patrickreports., Howley tweeted, The voice that the Deep State and the media is trying to suppress is Ashley Biden., Imagine being on the FBI "Find Ashley's Diary" Task Force lol. The book was discovered by a woman who took over a rehab center room that had been previously occupied by Ashley Biden and then handed over to Project Veritas. She was going through a divorce and struggling financially, the Times reported and was facing eviction. They said [Aimee] Harris then moved into the same room, found the items and got in touch with [Robert] Kurlander, who enthused in a text message that he would help her make a "ton of money" from selling it, adding an expletive before "ton.". How I dont have them in my life anymore.. GettyAshley Biden, Joes daughter, with her parents. The National File wrote that it obtained this document from a whistleblower who was concerned the media organization that employs him would not publish the materials in the final days before the presidential election., The National File wrote that it has a recording of Ashley Biden admitting the diary is hers, and employed a handwriting expert who verified the pages were all written by Ashley.. Ashley and Hunter are disasters. Ashley Biden was moving out of a friend's Delray Beach, Florida, home in spring 2020 when she stored the diary, tax . Reflection of the parents.. Then 38, Ashley Biden had worked for the group for a year and was promoted to executive director, according to Examiner, which added that the grant is designed to strengthen local law enforcement.. Patrick Howley (@HowleyReporter) November 7, 2021. Biden told Glamour that her early calling came in animal welfare issues. [17] After finishing graduate school, she gained a job at West End Neighborhood House, a non-profit organization, as their Employment and Education Liaison for adjudicating youth developing various employment and job skills training programs. FBI and Southern District of New York Raid Project Veritas Journalists Homes, Donate: projectveritas.com/donate Get emails: confirmsubscription.com/h/j/EC8A17570A033FCC Follow: Telegram: t.me/project_veritas FB: facebook.com/ProjectVeritas IG: instagram.com/project_veritas/ Telegram: t.me/JamesOKeefeIII IG: instagram.com/jamesokeefeiii/ Mission Statement Investigate & expose corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions in order to achieve a more ethical & transparent society. NBC reported that the FBI acknowledged conducting court authorized law enforcement activity at an address associated with Project Veritas in Mamaroneck, N.Y., and another address on E. 35th St. in Manhattan., In a letter to followers of his website, Project Veritass founder James OKeefe wrote, I awoke to the news that apartments and homes of Project Veritas journalists, or former journalists, had been raided by FBI agents. The group is currently under investigation by the Justice Department to uncover how it acquired a diary kept by Ashley Biden, President Joe Biden's daughter, before the 2020 election. weeks later, Project Veritas called her," March 20, 2022 PolitiFact, " Fact-checking the pedophilia attacks against Joe . Ms. Fago appears to know Mr. Kurlander. 1. Her parents are U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. She and her son also met Mr. Trump on the tarmac of the West Palm Beach airport in 2019 and another picture shows the two together. We had never met or heard of the tipsters. How Ashley Bidens Diary Made Its Way to Project Veritas, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/us/politics/ashley-biden-project-veritas-diary.html. National File, 24 Oct. 2020, https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-source-biden-daughters-diary-details-not-appropriate-showers-with-joe-as-child/. Can we corroborate the information? [3] She has two half-brothers, Hunter Biden and the late Beau Biden, and a half-sister, the late Naomi Biden, from her father's first marriage to the late Neilia Hunter Biden. That is why Im calling on all Americans, and especially all journalists, to stand with us for the right to free speech, the free press, and to send a message that the politics of fear will not prevail in the United States of America. Shortly after moving into the Delray home, Ms. Harris whose social media postings and conversations with friends suggested that she was a fan of Mr. Trump learned that Ms. Biden had stayed there previously and that some of her things were still there, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Washington Examiner reported that Biden has worked for a Delaware nonprofit organization that received a $166,000 federal grant. In a statement after the investigation became public, Mr. OKeefe said: Project Veritas gave the diary to law enforcement to ensure it could be returned to its rightful owner. The lawyer who took Ms. Bidens belongings to the police in Florida described them as crap and that he was fine with officers throwing the bags away. Project Veritas never threatened or engaged in any illegal conduct. Project Veritas will run from nothing, and we will hide from nothing. On Oct. 16, 2020, Project Veritas wrote to Joe Biden and his campaign that it had obtained a diary that Ashley Biden had "abandoned" and wanted to question Joe Biden on camera about its . In response, Ms. Bidens lawyers accused Project Veritas of threatening them as part of extortionate effort to secure an interview with Mr. Biden in the campaigns closing days. The tipsters indicated that the diary included explosive allegations against then-candidate, Joe Biden. [14], In 2014, she was promoted to executive director of the center, and served in that capacity until 2019. The searches were targeting people who had worked with the group and its leader, James OKeefe, according to the Times. According to The New York Times, Ashley Bidens friend then allowed his ex-girlfriend Aimee Harris to move into the home. So, the great question is: Is this an indicator in the direction that America is going? The Intercept reported in September 2022 that in October 2020 an employee of Project Veritas provided the alleged diary to the National File when Project Veritas had reservations about publishing it. [14], She founded the Young@Art program that provides resources and outlets for students to create artwork while they are detained in detention facilities, and then sells the art in the community. Democrats gathered at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore to hear Biden mumble through remarks. Two Florida residents pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to traffic in stolen goods for selling a diary and other personal effects of President Joe Biden's . In October 2020, Kurlander wrote on Twitter, @realDonaldTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr where are Bidens two kids? Ashley Blazer Biden (Wilmington, 8 giugno 1981) un'attivista e filantropa statunitense, figlia di Joe Biden, il 46 Presidente degli Stati Uniti. Aimee Harris, 40, and . She is Joe's second daughter and Jill's only biological child. Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. Even as a child, I had a hard time reconciling the inherent unfairness of it all.. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. CNN Two people who sold Ashley Biden's journal and other items to Project Veritas pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. "2 Florida Residents Plead Guilty in Scheme to Sell Ashley Biden's Diary." Statements from a diary published on a dubious website which themselves have been taken out of context allegedly came from a misplaced diary written by Ashley Biden and later sold to the right-wing sting operation Project Veritas, whose founder said their authenticity couldn't be confirmed. JESSE WATTERS (HOST): Today a brand new bombshell dropped in the case of Ashley Biden's diary. Patrick Howley (@HowleyReporter) November 7, 2021. The group, the Delaware Center for Justice, received a federal Edward Byrne Memorial grant, which Joe Biden supported, the site reported. Ashley Biden's diary was shopped around a Trump fundraiser in Florida before being purchased for $40,000 ahead of the 2020 election: report. Our mission is to serve the publics right to know by illuminating, revealing and exposing information others wish to hide for the wrong reasons. Two people have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley to the conservative group Project Veritas, prosecutors said Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Her half-sister Naomi "Amy" Biden was killed in a 1972 car accident . Our rule is to act as if there are 12 jurors on our shoulders all the time. Print Listen The strange case of Ashley Biden's diary just got even stranger. [4][5] Biden is a great-great-granddaughter of Edward Francis Blewitt. Project Veritas never threatened or engaged in any illegal conduct. Driving the news: Two Florida individuals pled guilty on Thursday to transporting . A few months ago, I reported on the shocking details the diary contained about Ashley and Biden's relationship. In the. But Project Veritas was still trying to use the diary as leverage. We exist for the very purpose of discovering and revealing the truth, in hope to make the world a more transparent place. Howley, Patrick. The reason behind Ashley's sudden popularity is reportedly a bombshell diary, which reveals her alleged drug and sex addiction. Ms. Biden, who has kept a low profile throughout her fathers vice presidency and presidency, had left a job the year before working for a criminal justice group in Delaware. Andrew Feinberg. The guilty pleas come after a long-running investigation into how Ashley Biden's diary got into the hands of a right-wing organisation . Any achievement that I accomplished, many people attributed to the fact that I was his daughter, she once lamented, according to The List. Krein is a graduate of Rutgers University and Thomas Jefferson Medical College. In October 2020, she gave $500 to pro-Trump committees. 1:54. [14][13] She worked as a social worker in the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families for fifteen years. Like any reporter, we regularly deal with the receipt of source information and take steps to verify its authenticity, legality, and newsworthiness. Updated on: August 25, 2022 / 7:31 PM / AP. [19] In 2015 she served as the commencement speaker at Rutgers University for the Rutgers School of Social Work. The List once described Ashley Biden as a social worker, activist, and entrepreneur with a passion for creating permanent change, especially issues relating to poverty. Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander each copped to one count of conspiracy to commit interstate . Joe Biden did have another daughter, who died very young. [18], Biden earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in cultural anthropology from Tulane University. FBI and Southern District of New York Raid Project Veritas Journalists Homes, Donate: projectveritas.com/donate Get emails: confirmsubscription.com/h/j/EC8A17570A033FCC Follow: Telegram: t.me/project_veritas FB: facebook.com/ProjectVeritas IG: instagram.com/project_veritas/ Telegram: t.me/JamesOKeefeIII IG: instagram.com/jamesokeefeiii/ Mission Statement Investigate & expose corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions in order to achieve a more ethical & transparent society. She moved to Philadelphia, planning to return to the Florida home and leaving her belongings behind as a result, The Times reported. His cancer brought me to my knees. The searches were targeting people who had worked with the group and its leader, James OKeefe, and the probe is being led by the FBI and federal prosecutors in New York, according to the Times. According to Elle magazine, Biden started Livelihood, an ethically produced, American-made clothing company. The fashion line contained supersoft organic cotton hoodies.. That is why Im calling on all Americans, and especially all journalists, to stand with us for the right to free speech, the free press, and to send a message that the politics of fear will not prevail in the United States of America. Both of those political stories had great political impact and were picked up by major news outlets all over the country, widely being regarded as legitimate stories. (When she moved away, Ashley Biden. The above-mentioned Harris and Kurlander pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport stolen property across state lines in their sale of the document to Project Veritas. "Harris and Kurlander stole personal property from an immediate family member of a candidate for national political office they sold the . The Washington Examiner reported that Biden has worked for a Delaware nonprofit organization that received a $166,000 federal grant. We investigated the claims provided to us, as journalists do.
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