An American woman stole the diary of President Joe Biden’s daughter and sold it to a conservative organization for $20,000. She was sentenced to one month in prison plus three months of home confinement.Local media reported this today.

Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain, who handed down the sentence Tuesday Aimee Harris, 41, Palm Beach, Floridadeclared that the convict’s actions were “heinous and therefore very serious” and ordered her to hand over the money she had received.

Harris, who pleaded guilty in 2022 to one count of conspiracy to transport stolen property across state lines, admitted at trial that he found the diary and other belongings of 42-year-old Ashley Biden in 2020. in a house in Delray Beach (Florida) where the president’s daughter was staying.

Along with Robert Kurlander, who has also been charged but has not yet been sentenced, Harris tried unsuccessfully sell the newspaper to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

The couple later contacted Project Veritas. a conservative organization that conducts sting operations with hidden cameras against the media, government officials and politicians.

“Project Veritas”, which was the subject of an FBI investigation but was not charged in the case, He never published the diaries and handed them over to the authoritiesBen Wetmore, chairman of the company’s board of directors, told the BBC.

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Harris He apologized to the president’s daughter during the hearing.

The prosecutor’s office indicated in the summary document that Harris acted for both financial and political reasons. “Stealing personal items from a relative of a candidate and selling them to an organization for political use was wrong and illegal, regardless of the political agenda,” prosecutors said.

(EFE)