Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign refused to buy Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley’s diary and urged the suspects to hand it over to the FBI, as per court filings. 

Aimee Harris and Robert Kurtlander have pled guilty to stealing the president’s daughter’s diary and handing it over to Project Veritas, a right-wing group. While the filings don’t directly identify Trump, details of the case have been public knowledge for months. 

“On or about September 6, 2020, AIMEE HARRIS and ROBERT KURLANDER, the defendants, attended a political fundraiser in Florida meant to benefit the campaign of an individual [Trump] who was running for office against [now-President Joe Biden]. HARRIS and KURLANDER attended the fundraiser with the intent of showing the Victim’s stolen property to a campaign representative of [Trump], hoping that the political campaign would purchase it”, the filings read. 

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They further said, “On or about September 10, 2020, a representative of [Trump’s] political campaign conveyed to AIMEE HARRIS and ROBERT KURLANDER, the defendants, that the campaign was not interested in purchasing the property and advised HARRIS and KURLANDER to provide the items to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (‘FBI’)”, continuing, “KURLANDER texted HARRIS, “[Trump] campaign can’t use it. They want it to go to the FBI. There is NO WAY [Trump] can use this. It has to be done a different way.” 

The contents of the diary were eventually published by a right-wing site called National File, and detail the alleged sexual abuse Ashley Biden faced while growing up. It also reported on how she had substance abuse problems and allegedly wrote about showering with Biden when she was younger, deeming it to be “inappropriate”. 

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In another blow to the Biden family, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg told controversial podcaster Joe Rogan that comments regarding the president’s son – Hunter Biden’s – laptop, were censored on the platform following FBI directions.