The Department of Justice is pushing for a prison sentence for Aimee Harris, who stands accused of pilfering the diary belonging to Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley Biden, and subsequently vending it to the conservative media platform Project Veritas for tens of thousands of dollars just before the 2020 presidential election.
In a letter addressed to Judge Laura Swain on Tuesday, federal prosecutors urged the court to impose a sentence of four months to ten months of imprisonment for Aimee Harris, to be followed by three years of supervised release. This recommendation contrasts with their previous request for six months of home confinement, also followed by three years of supervised release.
The prosecutors emphasized that the adjusted sentencing recommendation would send the message that breaking the law and subsequently failing to comply with court orders during the course of a criminal case will not be tolerated and will carry significant consequences.
In November, the DOJ conducted raids on two premises linked to Project Veritas and its founder, James O'Keefe.
Although Project Veritas refrained from publishing the diary, it surfaced on another website. O'Keefe asserted that he obtained the diary from informants who discovered it abandoned in a hotel room. He clarified that he opted not to publish it due to his inability to authenticate its contents.
According to the DOJ, Aimee Harris was temporarily residing at Ashley Biden's residence in Delray Beach, Florida, in September 2020 when she stole the diary, which contained highly personal entries, along with tax records, a cellphone, and family photographs. Harris allegedly engaged defendant Robert Kurlander to aid in the sale of the stolen material.
Harris and Kurlander each entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property derived from a close family member of a former government official who was seeking national office.
