OKeefe also once presided over a company that used that address, The Times reported. How did the diary get in the hands of Project Veritas? The Bidens have not commented on the diary. Howley, Patrick. How I dont have them in my life anymore.. The pages published by the National File contain this line, Was I molested. Biden told Elle that she was motivated by her parents professions. Two Florida residents pleaded guilty to stealing President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley Biden's diary after they sold the diary to Project Veritas for $40,000, prior to the 2020 presidential election. Ms. Bidens lawyers refused to acknowledge whether the diary belonged to Ms. Biden but told Mr. Ede that Project Veritas should treat it as stolen property the lawyers suggested that serious crimes might have been committed and that any suggestion that the diary was abandoned was ludicrous.. Do the sources know the information? The Justice Department, led by Attorney General William Barr under the Trump administration, began its investigation of the stolen diary in October after the Biden family reported the incident. So, the great question is: Is this an indicator in the direction that America is going? The content and text of the diary were published by a conservative news site before the 2020 presidential election, but it didnt get much attention until now. I had heard some of the claims associated with the . In the. 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. The tipsters indicated that they were negotiating with a different media outlet for the payment of monies for the diary. Within an hour of one of our reporters homes being secretly raided by the FBI, The New York Times, who we are currently suing for defamation, contacted the Project Veritas reporter for comment. Reflection of the parents.. The Bidens have not commented on the diary claims. Mr. Kurlander also provides a potential link to the possible role of a number of Trump supporters. According to the Times, he was also the first journalist to publish a yearbook picture showing Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and another person (the people in the photo were wearing a KKK outfit and blackface), and also first published text messages revealing an extramarital affair between Democratic Senate candidate in North Carolina, Cal Cunningham, and a woman. "A Project Veritas Employee Leaked Ashley Biden's Diary." We investigate facts and potential newsworthy information. As reported by The Associated Press in August 2022, the document had come into the possession of two individuals after one moved into an apartment previously occupied by Ashley Biden: Ashley Biden was moving out of a friend's Delray Beach home in spring 2020 when she stored the diary, tax records, a digital device with family photos, a cellphone and other items there, prosecutors said in a court filing. My dad is a lifelong public servant; my mom was a public-school teacherits in my DNA.. The group, the Delaware Center for Justice, received a federal Edward Byrne Memorial grant, which Joe Biden supported, the site reported. A diary authored by U.S. President Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley, describes inappropriate actions toward her taken by the president when she was a child. Ashley Biden's diary was shopped around a Trump fundraiser in Florida before being purchased for $40,000 ahead of the 2020 election: report. 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. 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. The Washington Examiner reported that Biden has worked for a Delaware nonprofit organization that received a $166,000 federal grant. [33] Livelihood's products are made with American-sourced organic cotton and are manufactured in the United States. Let me be clear. Project Veritas has acknowledged buying the diary, through an unnamed proxy, from two people it identified in court filing as A.H. and R.K., but said it was told they had acquired the diary lawfully. Our rule is to act as if there are 12 jurors on our shoulders all the time. This federal investigation smacks of politics. Follow Patrick on Twitter @HowleyReporter and at Gab.com/patrickreports., Imagine being on the FBI "Find Ashley's Diary" Task Force lol. James OKeefe, who heads Project Veritas, has defined the organization. and Justice Department declined to comment. The reporter and at least one editor know the identity of the source. Howley is currently focusing on the possible politicization of Child Protective Services. 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. If Biden knew about this raid, and assuming he didn't order it himself, why would he even wink and nod as the FBI conducted it? The pages can be found in full at that site here. 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. Like I said, Im fine with it, Mr. Bantner replied. No, really. The episode has its roots in the spring of 2020, as Ms. Bidens father was closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination. [18][3][48] Her husband, who is Jewish, works at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and is an assistant professor of facial, plastic, and reconstructive surgery. The Pundit Class is busy doing process pieces on high-level investigative journalism instead of reporting on Joe and Ashley's showers. [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. The Times also reported that a Trump donor from fForida who knows Kurlander, Elizabeth Fago, is being scrutinized in the investigation., According to the Times, Project Veritas wrote Biden and asked for an interview, saying if he refused the site would have no voice but to act unilaterally and serve the right to disclose that you refused our offer to provide answers. We attempted to return the diary to an attorney representing Ms. Biden, but that attorney refused to authenticate it. 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. According to NBC, an FBI spokesperson confirmed that the agency is investigating the possible theft of a diary belonging to President Joe Bidens daughter, Ashley Biden.. Reporting was contributed by Patricia Mazzei, William K. Rashbaum, Kitty Bennett, Matthew Cullen and Kirsten Noyes. We exist for the very purpose of discovering and revealing the truth, in hope to make the world a more transparent place. Why it matters: The revelation comes amid a criminal investigation into how the diary and other property belonging to Ashley Biden ended up in the hands of right-wing journalists. However, it appears journalism itself may now be on trial. 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. Now, this is not the first time we have been attacked and it will not be the last. Ms. Biden, who had little public role in her fathers campaign, had earlier been in rehab in Florida in 2019, and the friends house provided a haven where she could avoid the media and the glare of the campaign. ", "Joe Biden Supports Daughter Ashley's Debut at New York Fashion Week -- See the Adorable Pics! [50] She joined her husband, father, and brother in a private audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican in 2016. 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. This federal investigation smacks of politics. Prior to her administrative role at the center, she worked in the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families. Ashley Biden was moving out of a friend's Delray Beach, Florida, home in spring 2020 when she stored the diary, tax records, a digital device with family photos, a cellphone and other items . weeks later, Project Veritas called her," March 20, 2022 PolitiFact, " Fact-checking the pedophilia attacks against Joe . Joe Biden has two pets: Willow and Commander Biden. Who is Ashley Biden? What is this due to? The report came as controversy swirled about the New York Posts stories on Bidens son Hunters laptop, which the media largely ignored before the presidential election. The tipsters indicated that the diary included explosive allegations against then-candidate, Joe Biden. In Brief: The Case of Ashley Biden's Diary The DOJ does not agree to guilty pleas and cooperation arrangements with clearly culpable offenders unless more attractive targets can be pursued. The Times, which is being sued by Project Veritas in another case, reported that the Justice Department searched two locations associated with the group. In late 2022, social media users were sharing a quote meme that claimed Ashley Biden, the daughter of U.S. President Joe Biden, once wrote of her father in a diary, "I [am] so afraid of him. She served as the executive director of the Delaware Center for Justice from 2014 to 2019. . 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. Ashley Biden's diary was deemed a federal issue of such importance that the Administration conducted highly intrusive searches and seizures targeting a publisher. Feds are ridiculous people, Patrick Howley (@HowleyReporter) November 6, 2021, Howley tweeted, The Pundit Class is busy doing process pieces on high-level investigative journalism instead of reporting on Joe and Ashleys showers. The diarys content and text have ended up online, and passages in which Biden writes about her father, President Joe Biden, are causing controversy. In a recent letter to Congress, a lawyer for Project Veritas said it had been told the items had been abandoned in a room where Ms. Biden had stayed. Elle reported that Biden graduated from Tulane University and earned a masters in social work from the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Fago did not respond to requests for comment. She decided to leave some of her belongings behind, including a duffel bag and another bag, people familiar with the events said. The First Amendment doesnt just matter to people on one side. Because the authenticity of this document or the images published by National File have not been confirmed, any claims derived from the "diary" including ones at issue here must inherently be rated "Unproven.". 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. The New York Times reported that the FBI investigation is into how a diary stolen from President Bidens daughter, Ashley, came to be publicly disclosed a week and a half before the 2020 presidential election., The Times further reported, Project Veritas did not publish Ms. Bidens diary, but dozens of handwritten pages from it were posted on a right wing website., According to the New York Times, the investigation was first opened in October 2020 by Trumps Justice Department after a representative for Bidens family reported that several of Ms. Bidens personal items had been stolen in a burglary.. The Intercept, 7 Dec. 2022, https://theintercept.com/2022/09/07/project-veritas-ashley-biden-diary-leak/. [10][11] During her childhood, her father served as a United States senator from Delaware and her mother worked as an educator. His Designer Daughter Ashley Sure Hopes So", "New Snoopy and Belle Exhibit features Hamilton Costumes", "Snoopy and Belle's Fashion Exhibition Party at Brookfield Place", "What Will Her Dad's Campaign Mean for Ashley Biden's Fashion Line? Powered by. F***ing again. The inquiry has also intensified the scrutiny of Project Veritas. Spokesmen for the F.B.I. agents are investigating whether there was a criminal conspiracy among a handful of individuals to steal and publish the diary. Ashley Bidens diary is the subject of a criminal investigation by federal authorities. [37][38] She decided to design hoodies due to their connection to the Labor Movement, and their symbolic significance toward social justice movements. The reporter and at least one editor know the identity of the source. Hyper-sexualized @ a young age, the page reads. The First Amendment is first for a reason: it guarantees all the other rights that follow, because its about accountability. She also helped foster care children. [15][18], Biden works as a social justice activist and social worker. Conversely, the New York Times obtained core attorney-client material that was unlawfully taken from Project Veritas. The New York Times. Now the New York Times is accusing a woman named Aimee Harris of being the person who gave it to Project Veritas, which is under investigation for its role in acquiring the diary. Friday 26 August 2022 08:31. Ms. Walczak declined to comment. The diary's explosive . Federal prosecutors and F.B.I. Howleys biography on National File describes him as a seasoned reporter responsible for revealing the Veterans Affairs scandal, exposing Ralph Northams racist yearbook photo, breaking the Cal Cunningham adultery scandal, and revealing the financial links between the Pelosi family and Ukraine. Its a decision that only I can make. Two Florida residents have pleaded guilty to stealing the diary of Ashley Biden, President Joe Biden's youngest daughter, and then selling it to right-wing activist group Project Veritas, the Justice Department announced Thursday. In 2019, Biden announced she was leaving the group through a statement on Facebook. One line in the diary is causing the most controversy. A right-wing outlet called the National File published dozens of pages of 40-year-old Ashley Biden's purported diary in October 2020, with the handwritten pages covering a number of salacious . ", "Ashley Biden, Joe's Daughter: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know", "Joe Biden's Youngest Daughter, Ashley, Lives the Most Low-Key Life of His Kids", "Vice President Joe Biden Discusses American Innovation", "Joey From Scranton: VP Biden's Irish Roots", "Joe Biden: a life of trial and redemption", "Biden's daughter marries into the tribe", "Joe Biden Daughter, Ashley Biden, Howard Krein Wed", "Women Rule Keynote: Vice President Joe Biden", "Advocating for Justice and Equality: An Interview with Ashley Biden", "Ashley Biden, Daughter of the Vice President, to Speak at Rutgers' School of Social Work Convocation", "Joseph R. Biden '61 Becomes First Auk Elected as President of the United States", "Ashley Biden's transformation is seriously turning heads", "All About Ashley Biden, Joe's Youngest Daughter With a Civically-Minded Fashion Label", "At Penn, Biden speaks at daughter's graduation", "How Joe Biden's Children Have Inspired and Carried on His Political Legacy", "Democrats Announce Highlights for Final Night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention", "Hunter Biden, Ashley Biden show support for dad Joe at DNC", "Hunter and Ashley Biden speak on behalf of their father", "Wisconsin Women for Biden Organizing Event with Ashley Biden", "Joe Biden Drops by a Fashion Party. In October 2020, she gave $500 to pro-Trump committees. Ashley Blazer Biden (born June 8, 1981) is an American social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer. 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.. 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 Justice Department 's announcement that two Florida residents had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport Ashley Biden 's stolen diary and other stolen items across state lines is the. Howley is currently focusing on the possible politicization of Child Protective Services. Two Florida residents have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden's daughter to the conservative . To quote Lord Acton, we believe everything kept secret degenerates. National File, 24 Oct. 2020, https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-source-biden-daughters-diary-details-not-appropriate-showers-with-joe-as-child/. Biografia. Ashley Biden Diary Published: Text & Content Scrutinized, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Democrats gathered at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore to hear Biden mumble through remarks. Anyone can read what you share. So, the great question is: Is this an indicator in the direction that America is going? The investigation has focused new attention on how Mr. Trump or his allies sought to use the troubles of Mr. Bidens two surviving children to undercut him. My dad is a lifelong public servant; my mom was a public-school teacherits in my DNA.. [12][13], Biden attended Wilmington Friends School, a private school run by the Religious Society of Friends in Wilmington. According to Washington Examiner, when she was 17, Biden was arrested for marijuana possession but charges werent pursued. Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander pleaded guilty to. Weve gone far beyond the point of partisan politics in this country. Her parents are U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. Thats why the cover letter for the Grand Jury Subpoena we received contains this language: The Government hereby requests that you voluntarily refrain from disclosing the existence of the subpoena to any third party. The raids, first reported by the New York Times on Friday, came a little over a year after the publication of the entire contents of Ashley Biden's diary by the conservative American newspaper National File. [35][36] Ten percent of the brand's continued sales are donated to community organizations in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and the Riverside in Wilmington. Ashley Biden's 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. The report said the police contacted both the Secret Service and the F.B.I., which later collected the items. She was living in Delray Beach, Fla., a small city between Miami and West Palm Beach, with a friend who had rented a two-bedroom house lined with palm trees with a large swimming pool and wraparound driveway, according to people familiar with the events. Project Veritas never threatened or engaged in any illegal conduct. The tipsters indicated that the diary included explosive allegations against then-candidate, Joe Biden. Let me be clear. How I dont have them in my life anymore.. [14], In August 2020, Biden spoke at the 2020 Democratic National Convention before her father accepted the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination. She was going through a divorce and struggling financially, the Times reported and was facing eviction. While you are under no obligation to comply with our request, we are requesting you not to make any disclosure in order to preserve the confidentiality of the investigation and because disclosure of the existence of this investigation might interfere with and impede the investigation'. They dont want me to defend myself and immediately tried to silence me. 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. Can we corroborate the information? It is all super anxiety producing but I just have to take it one day at a time and relax. Another passage says, My dad cried on the phone saying he has a debate in a week and now has to worry about you. And he cried., Under a column titled resentful and why, the writer wrote, dad, $, control and under a column titled hurt, after dad it says, hurting self, lying., The National File claimed that the diary started while the author was in a drug rehabilitation facility in Florida, and contains intensely personal information, including about drug addiction. The tipsters indicated that the diary had been abandoned in a room in which Ms. Biden stayed at the time, and in which the tipsters stayed in temporarily after Ms. Biden departed the room. 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. worked with Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberley Guilfoyle. Ashley Biden's diary was shown and shopped around a Trump fundraiser before it was purchased by Project Veritas for $40,000 The New York Times published new details Sunday about Project. Ashley Blazer Biden was born on June 8, 1981, in Wilmington, Delaware. [20] In 2012, she joined the Delaware Center for Justice as an associate director, focusing on criminal justice reform in the state. [51], In 2020, a diary Biden kept was stolen and sold to the right-wing activist group Project Veritas. Aimee Harris, 40, and . 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. Project Veritas will run from nothing, and we will hide from nothing. Rebecca Kiessling, the mother of two sons killed by fentanyl . "2 Florida Residents Plead Guilty in Scheme to Sell Ashley Biden's Diary." Can we corroborate the information? Sometimes, as was the case here, after we investigate, we decide to not publish a news story. On Friday night, Tucker Carlson did a deep dive into the alleged diary of Joe Biden's daughter Ashley which was downright shocking. Image Via Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/VF16/WireImage via Getty Images. FBI Searches NY Homes Tied to Project Veritas Over Ashley Biden Diary Investigation The conservative group allegedly received a diary that a tipster claimed belonged to President Joe Biden's. 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. A diary! [25], In 2017, Biden launched the Livelihood Collection, an ethical fashion clothing brand, at Spring Place in TriBeCa during New York Fashion Week. The tipsters were represented by attorneys who handled the negotiations with Project Veritas. She provided the name of their lawyer, who declined to comment. According to the diary, Ashley wrote that her father and our president took. The writer also wrote, I am grateful for my father and talks in great detail about her efforts at self betterment and sobriety and moving on from a painful personal relationship. "EXCLUSIVE SOURCE: Biden Daughter's Diary Details 'Not Appropriate' Showers With Joe As Child." Now if you haven't been following this story, the journalists at Project Veritas got their hands on . You can tell a lot about the family by the children!!!!! But a Delray Beach Police Department report and an officers body camera video footage tell a somewhat different story. Nick Mele/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images. Outside his house last month near a golf course in Jupiter, Fla., Mr. Kurlander declined to comment, but a woman with him acknowledged they had been dealing with the matter and wanted to avoid public attention.
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