Florida residents plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden’s daughter’s diary
NEW YORK — (AP) — Two Florida residents have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items stolen from President Joe Biden’s daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000, prosecutors said Thursday. Project Veritas identifies itself as a news organization. Neither Project Veritas nor any staffers have been charged with a crime. But there can be criminal liability for orchestrating theft and then knowingly paying for stolen material. O’Keefe has said that Project Veritas ultimately could not confirm that the diary belonged to Ashley Biden.
wftv.comTwo plead guilty to theft of diary purportedly belonging to Biden’s daughter
Two Florida residents pleaded guilty in a case connected to a stolen diary that reportedly belonged to Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter, and that ended up in the hands of conservative group Project Veritas, which published portions of it in the weeks before the end of the 2020 presidential campaign.
washingtonpost.com2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden's daughter's diary
NEW YORK — (AP) — Two people have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000, prosecutors said Thursday. The two, both from Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams' office said. Project Veritas has said it received the diary from “tipsters” who said it had been abandoned in a room. Founder James O’Keefe has said that Project Veritas ultimately did not publish information from the diary because it could not confirm it belonged to Ashley Biden. Project Veritas is best known for conducting hidden camera stings that have embarrassed news outlets, labor organizations and Democratic politicians.
wftv.com2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden's daughter's diary
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 group Project Veritas for $40,000, prosecutors said Thursday. Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams' office said. “Harris and Kurlander sought to profit from their theft of another person’s personal property, and they now stand convicted of a federal felony as a result,” Williams said in a statement.
news.yahoo.comAshley Biden positive for COVID-19, skips Latin America trip
Ashley Biden FILE - Ashley Biden introduces her father, Vice President Joe Biden, at a campaign rally at Lorain High School in Lorain, Ohio, Oct. 22, 2012. Ashley Biden, the daughter of President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, has COVID-19 and is no longer accompanying her mother on a trip through Latin America, the White House said Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File) (Mark Duncan)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Ashley Biden, the daughter of President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, has COVID-19 and is no longer accompanying her mother on a trip through Latin America, the White House said Wednesday. Ashley Biden's positive test result was announced just before Jill Biden's flight Wednesday to Ecuador, the first stop on her six-day Latin America trip. It's the second time that the coronavirus has caused Ashley Biden, 40, to miss out on traveling abroad with her mother.
wftv.comProject Veritas says US seized staffer info as part of probe
Conservative group Project Veritas says the Justice Department had secretly obtained from Apple and Google personal information as part of an ongoing investigation into how the organization received a diary purported to belong to President Joe Biden’s daughter.
Federal tax probe into Biden's son, Hunter, moves forward
Hunter Biden Taxes FILE - President Joe Biden hugs first lady Jill Biden, his son Hunter Biden and daughter Ashley Biden after being sworn-in during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. A lawyer for Hunter Biden did not return a phone message and email seeking comment on Friday. Hunter Biden confirmed the existence of an investigation into his taxes in December 2020, one month after the presidential election. Witnesses in recent months have been questioned about payments Hunter Biden received while serving on the Burisma board, the people familiar with the probe said. Republicans tried making Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine a prominent issue during the 2020 presidential election.
wftv.comBiden, Harris take break from inaugural prep to mark MLK day
Flags are placed on the National Mall, looking towards the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in Washington. As Biden and Harris took breaks from their inaugural preparations to honor the civil rights hero Monday, outgoing President Donald Trump remained out of public view at the White House for the sixth straight day. Biden transition officials, including incoming Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall and the deputy attorney general nominee, Lisa Monaco, held a videoconference with acting heads and career staff from national security agencies to discuss the security situation surrounding Inauguration Day. Even before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, inauguration festivities were expected to be muted due to the virus. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged residents to stay away from the city on Inauguration Day.
The Latest: Bidens to get first vaccine dose on Monday
President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden pause to talk with Ashley Biden and her husband Howard Krein as they walk from St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON – The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):1:30 p.m.President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, will be getting their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday. She said the Bidens would also be thanking workers at the Delaware medical facility where they will receive their injections. Joe Biden had just been elected to the Senate and was in Washington setting up his new office at the time of the accident. Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, attended the Friday morning service in Delaware at St. Joseph on the Brandywine, a Roman Catholic church.