James OKeefe, founder of Project Veritas, in 2020. Democrats gathered at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore to hear Biden mumble through remarks. It remains unclear how Ms. Harris and Mr. Kurlander made contact with Project Veritas and what role others might have played in facilitating the transaction. [14], In 2014, Biden criticized the death penalty, stating that it is not cost effective and wastes resources that could go towards victim services and crime prevention. Hyper-sexualized @ a young age." "I relapsed. Project Veritas never threatened or engaged in any illegal conduct. Reporting was contributed by Patricia Mazzei, William K. Rashbaum, Kitty Bennett, Matthew Cullen and Kirsten Noyes. Project Veritas, the conservative group under scrutiny in a Justice Department investigation of how a diary kept by President Biden's daughter Ashley Biden was published days before the. At the same time, another effort was underway in secret to try to expose the contents of a diary kept the previous year by Mr. Bidens daughter, Ashley Biden, as she underwent treatment for addiction. Joe Biden did have another daughter, who died very young. That year Ms. Fago gave $15,400 to pro-Trump fund-raising committees and an additional $7,600 to the Republican National Committee after Mr. Trump won the partys nomination. The Times reported that one of the locations searched by authorities was the residence of Spencer Meads, a longtime Project Veritas operative and confidante of Mr. OKeefe.. Prior to her administrative role at the center, she worked in the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families. A picture on social media shows them dining together in July 2020. In the final two months of the 2020 campaign, President Donald J. Trump, his grip on power slipping because of his handling of the pandemic, desperately tried to change the narrative by attacking the business dealings of Joseph R. Biden Jr.s son Hunter, invoking his name publicly over 100 times. Any achievement that I accomplished, many people attributed to the fact that I was his daughter, she once lamented, according to The List. NYT Reveals How Ashley Biden's 'Inappropriate Showers With Joe' Diary Made Its Way To Project Veritas. According to the diary, Ashley wrote that her father and our president took. Ms. Harris is fully cooperating with the investigation and will remain responsive to the governments requests for evidence and for her version of events, her lawyer, Guy Fronstin, said in an email. The inquiry has also intensified the scrutiny of Project Veritas. 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'. Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign rejected an offer to buy President Biden's daughter's stolen diary, federal prosecutors say. They dont ask us to focus on the things which unite us. The Times, which is being sued by Project Veritas in another case, reported that the Justice Department searched two locations associated with the group. Rebecca Kiessling, the mother of two sons killed by fentanyl . Should we not hear from you by Tuesday, October 20, 2020, we will have no choice but to act unilaterally and reserve the right to disclose that you refused our offer to provide answers to the questions raised by your daughter, Project Veritas chief legal officer, Jered T. Ede, wrote. 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. In a court filing, Project Veritas told a federal judge that around Sept. 3, 2020, someone the group described as a tipster called Project Veritas and left a voice message. 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. 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. We investigated the claims provided to us, as journalists do. In March 2019, the page says, So we are running. Her half-sister Naomi "Amy" Biden was killed in a 1972 car accident . Its a decision that only I can make. Ms. Harris was in a contentious custody dispute and was struggling financially, according to Palm Beach County court records. 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 . 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. 1. When the FBI and the Southern District of New York seize reporters notebooks, it is not just an attack on Project Veritas. She praised her parents, though, saying, according to The List, I was taught by both of my parents to work hard, to be passionate about whatever I did, and I felt that I did that and kind of got to where I am today because of hard work and passion and determination., Biden told Glamour magazine that public service was in her DNA, saying, The passion started at a very young age. "[33], Biden created the brand to help combat income inequality and racial inequality in the United States. [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. Ashley's diary entries, written in 2019 while she was in and out of treatment for substance abuse in South Florida, were searingly personal. The FBI has not specifically verified that those pages came from the diary its investigating; however, major news organizations, including The New York Times, have reported that the handwritten pages published on the conservative website were from Ashley Bidens diary. Agents on Friday searched . 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. In October 2020, she gave $500 to pro-Trump committees. They ask us to focus on our divisions. 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. But the police did examine the contents of the bag and quickly determined that they belonged to Ms. Biden. Her debut collection proceeds were going to alleviate poverty through education, training, and job placement, Elle reported. Howley is currently focusing on the possible politicization of Child Protective Services. The searches were targeting people who had worked with the group and its leader, James OKeefe, according to the Times. 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. Ashley Blazer Biden (born June 8, 1981) is an American social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer. [14][13][15] Biden graduated from Archmere Academy, a private Catholic school, in 1999. [14] She also interned at a summer program at Georgetown University, working with youth from Anacostia. 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 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,. It matters to people on all sides. [14] Half of the proceeds of the art go directly to the artists, and the other half goes into funding the program to buy art supplies and to pay the wages of youth who work at the community art shows. According to Washington Examiner, when she was 17, Biden was arrested for marijuana possession but charges werent pursued. [4][5] Biden is a great-great-granddaughter of Edward Francis Blewitt. Or at least, this journalist., He added: I had to think long and hard before making this statement. 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. She is Joe's second daughter and Jill's only biological child. 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. But while the Department of Justice requested us to not disclose the existence of the subpoena, something very unusual happened. In October 2020, days before the election, Mr. Kurlander said on Twitter: Where are Bidens two kids? adding, Ashley and Hunter are disasters. 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. Spokesmen for the F.B.I. Ashley Biden has a history of drug-related controversies, including a past arrest from when she was 17. [26][18][27][28] The launch event was attended by Biden's parents and celebrities including Olivia Palermo and Christian Siriano. The First Amendment is first for a reason: it guarantees all the other rights that follow, because its about accountability. Mr. Bantners interaction with an officer was recorded on a body camera. Meet Joey in this handsomely illustrated portrait of a boy who. Updated on: August 25, 2022 / 7:31 PM / AP. Our rule is to act as if there are 12 jurors on our shoulders all the time. A diary! 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. 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. Biden told Glamour that her early calling came in animal welfare issues. But in June, with the campaign ramping up, she headed to the Philadelphia area, planning to return to the Delray home in the fall before the lease expired in November. Florida duo plead guilty to conspiracy for Ashley Biden diary theft. Image Via Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/VF16/WireImage via Getty Images. The First Amendment doesnt just matter to people on one side. Ashley Biden's diary is under investigation by the FBI, which has launched a theft probe into Project Veritas. 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. 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. The page also refers to overhearing parents having sex and claims, my mother not emotionally available. Do the sources know the information? Our efforts were the stuff of responsible, ethical, journalism and we are in no doubt that Project Veritas acted properly at each and every step. 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. Sometimes feminists make the argument that any woman having power is a good thing for . Project Veritas, court testimony indicates, paid $40,000 for this alleged diary. Meanwhile, representatives of the Project Veritas media company stressed that they had nothing to do with the release of excerpts of the . She served as the executive director of the Delaware Center for Justice from 2014 to 2019. However, it appears journalism itself may now be on trial. When the facts emerge it will be clear that my client has information relative to the investigation but no culpability.. [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. 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. At one point in February 2020, she had faced eviction while living at a rental property in nearby Jupiter. Two Florida residents pleaded guilty in federal court in New York City on Thursday to stealing the diary and other possessions of President Biden's daughter, Ashley, and selling them to the. 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. Investigators are also looking at the role of Ms. Fagos daughter, Stephanie Walczak. We never published it. 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. What is this due to? Adam Leo Bantner II, a Florida lawyer, delivered bags belonging to Ashley Biden to the police in Delray Beach the day after her father was declared the victor in the 2020 presidential election. Nick Mele/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images. It was mostly ignored when it was first published on October 26, 2020, right before the 2020 presidential election. Our efforts were the stuff of responsible, ethical, journalism and we are in no doubt that Project Veritas acted properly at each and every step. Hyper-sexualized @ a young age, the page reads. Ashley Biden is the only daughter of President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden. The Bidens also raised Joes sons from his first marriage, Beau and Hunter. Weeks after Ms. Biden headed to the Northeast, the friend who had been hosting Ms. Biden in the house allowed an ex-girlfriend named Aimee Harris and her two children to move in. She moved to Philadelphia, planning to return to the Florida home and leaving her belongings behind as a result, The Times reported. Project Veritas did not publish the diary; the groups founder said in an email to followers that it could not verify the diary was real at that time. [10][11] During her childhood, her father served as a United States senator from Delaware and her mother worked as an educator. Biden is the only child from his second marriage to educator Jill Biden. The pages can be found in full at that site here. The content and text of the Ashley Biden diary were published by a conservative news site before the 2020 presidential election. 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 . According to The New York Times, Ashley Bidens friend then allowed his ex-girlfriend Aimee Harris to move into the home. 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. Another page discusses Hunters birthday and Beaus birthday, the names of Bidens two sons; Beau is deceased. 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. These details were discovered in Ashley Biden's DIARY reported by @TuckerCarlson this evening. What is this due to? 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. The report said the police contacted both the Secret Service and the F.B.I., which later collected the items. [33][46], In 2010, she began dating Howard Krein, a plastic surgeon and otolaryngologist, after being introduced by her brother, Beau. 08/25/2022 01:50 PM EDT. The Washington Examiner reported that Biden has worked for a Delaware nonprofit organization that received a $166,000 federal grant. 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.. FILE President Joe Biden walks on the beach with daughter Ashley Biden, in Rehoboth Beach, Del., June 20, 2022. What unites us is so much more powerful than what divides us. Do the sources know the information? How Ashley Biden's Diary Made Its Way to Project Veritas New details shed light on the federal investigation into the conservative group's acquisition last year of a journal kept by the. The Bidens have not commented on the diary claims. [29][30] The brand collaborated with Gilt Groupe and Aubrey Plaza to raise $30,000 for the Delaware Community Foundation. I had no choice but to shoot forward, keep going, keep aiming at my own dreams. 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. Ashley left the diary at a friend's home in Delray Beach, Florida, in 2020, and planned to go back to get it later that year, the Times reported. The tipsters indicated that the diary included explosive allegations against then-candidate, Joe Biden. At times, Biden has candidly discussed how being the daughter of a famous politician can come with difficulties. [18] In 2008, she was listed in Delaware Today's "40 People to Watch" for her work in the department. Ashley and Hunter are disasters. Mar 20, 2022, 10:58 PM. 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. New details shed light on the federal investigation into the conservative groups acquisition last year of a journal kept by the presidents daughter. 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. [52] Two Florida residents pled guilty in 2022 to conspiring to transport her stolen diary across state lines as well as other personal items. Project Veritas will run from nothing, and we will hide from nothing. Ashley Biden's Diary. Her parents are U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. 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. 2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden's daughter's belongings, prosecutors say. You can tell a lot about the family by the children!!!!! The tipsters were represented by attorneys who handled the negotiations with Project Veritas. She was one of twelve graduates who received the John Hope Franklin Combating American Racism Award. We dont mislead or conceal. "A Project Veritas Employee Leaked Ashley Biden's Diary." Or at least, this journalist., He added: I had to think long and hard before making this statement. Ashley Biden and Joe Biden Gary Gershoff/WireImage A former diary believed to belong to President Joe Biden 's daughter, Ashley Biden, is now at the center of a federal investigation. 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. Howley, Patrick. How about they do a "follow up" on that? [18][3], While working for the department, Biden created programs for youth focusing on juvenile justice, foster care, and mental health. The tipsters indicated that they were negotiating with a different media outlet for the payment of monies for the diary. Late last year, we were approached by tipsters claiming they had a copy of Ashley Bidens diary. What unites us is so much more powerful than what divides us. The Intercept, 7 Dec. 2022, https://theintercept.com/2022/09/07/project-veritas-ashley-biden-diary-leak/. Ashley Bidens Diary: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Driving the news: Two Florida individuals pled guilty on Thursday to transporting . [19] In 2015 she served as the commencement speaker at Rutgers University for the Rutgers School of Social Work. Would love your thoughts, please comment. 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. (When she moved away, Ashley Biden. CNN Two people who sold Ashley Biden's journal and other items to Project Veritas pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. Can we corroborate the information? For now, she's talking hoodies and economic inequality", "Here's what went down at the NYC launch of Ashley Biden's charitable clothing line", "Former Vice President Joe Biden Supports Daughter Ashley's New York Fashion Week Event", "Ashley Biden Makes Her Fashion Designer Debut in a Hoodie", "Ashley Biden Shows Ivanka Trump How to Make American Fashion Great Again", "Joe Biden's Daughter Launched Clothing That's ACTUALLY Made in the U.S.", "How Joe Biden's daughter is giving back with her new hoodie line", "Will Joe Biden Run in 2020? [37][38] She decided to design hoodies due to their connection to the Labor Movement, and their symbolic significance toward social justice movements. Mr. Kurlander, a self-described venture capitalist, is a longtime friend and former housemate of Ms. Harris. The First Amendment doesnt just matter to people on one side. The group, the Delaware Center for Justice, received a federal Edward Byrne Memorial grant, which Joe Biden supported, the site reported. As a boy, Joey stuttered and was bullied, but overcame both, learning to stand up for himself and others. 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. Alex Kasprak is an investigative journalist and science writer reporting on scientific misinformation, online fraud, and financial crime. "EXCLUSIVE SOURCE: Biden Daughter's Diary Details 'Not Appropriate' Showers With Joe As Child." [12][13], Biden attended Wilmington Friends School, a private school run by the Religious Society of Friends in Wilmington. Any achievement that I accomplished, many people attributed to the fact that I was his daughter, she once lamented, according to The List. Now, this is not the first time we have been attacked and it will not be the last. The authenticity of these and other pages has not been confirmed. I think so I cant remember specifics but I do remember trauma I remember not liking the (last names) house; I remember somewhat being sexualized with (another female); I remember having sex with friends @ a young age; showers w/ my dad (probably not appropriate); being turned on when I wasnt suppose to be., The page also refers to overhearing parents having sex and claims, my mother not emotionally available. The First Amendment is first for a reason: it guarantees all the other rights that follow, because its about accountability. 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.. Weve gone far beyond the point of partisan politics in this country. According to the DailyMail.com, Ashley Biden, a drug addict, left her personal diary under a mattress in a Palm Beach, Florida halfway house where she stayed during one of her rehab stints..
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