Ashley Biden diary theft: Why internet is calling Joe Biden a paedophile

Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander of Florida admitted to the theft of Ashley Biden’s diary. The contents allegedly pointed to an inappropriate relationship with father and US president Joe Biden. 

Many on the internet have taken the federal prosecution of Harris and Kurlander as an official acknowledgement that Ashley’s diary and its contents – which were initially sold to right-wing group Project Veritas, and published by a right-wing site National File – are real. 

Another user said there is a term for Joe Biden taking inappropriate showers with his daughter, which was part of what Ashley allegedly wrote in her diary, as per National File. 

In her diary, Ashley also allegedly wrote that these “inappropriate” showers with her father were part of the reason she developed a sex addiction. The president’s daughter also spoke of sexual abuse, including being sexualized by a family member who she didn’t name. 

The excerpt shared by a former Donald Trump White House correspondent is believed to be from Ashley Biden’s diary, and the individual has circled the troubling portions in red. 

It led one individual to comment “Our “president” is a confirmed incestuous paedophile”.

Another Twitter user commented the US has a “genuine paedophile pretending to be President”. 

“The elephant in the room”, a Twitter user said, while sharing a meme about the president. 

An individual, whose Twitter bio says they are “Ultra MAGA”- someone who believes in Trump’s vision of making America great again – noted Biden’s son “had him in his contact list as pedo Pete”, adding that it is “pretty freaking sickening”. 

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Earlier an alleged hack of Hunter Biden’s laptop revealed that he had saved his father’s name as “Pedo Peter” on his phone. The US Secret Service had released a statement, addressing the issue, saying “At this time we are not in a position to make public comments on potential investigative actions but I can assure you the Secret Service along with other federal law enforcement partners are aware of the social media posts and claims referencing Mr Biden”. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg recently told controversial podcaster Joe Rogan that the FBI instructed them to censor comments about Hunter’s laptop contents on the social media platform. 

Apart from Hunter’s telling contact name and Ashley’s alleged diary entries, the 79-year-old had been accused by Tara Reade, a staffer in his senate office, of sexually harassing her in 1993. 

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The Biden campaign, which was preparing for his 2020 presidential run at the time, denied the incident, while co-workers also cast doubt on Reade’s account, and the police investigation was ultimately designated an inactive status. However, the news about Ashley’s diary has got several conservatives on Twitter once again doubting the Democratic Party candidate’s character. 

However, Biden’s questionable behaviour around women, including sniffing hair and invading their personal space earned him the title “Uncle Joe”, The Cut reported in 2019, adding that a poll showed 77% of people found it unacceptable for a male candidate to be sniffing a woman’s hair, with news host Trevor Noah calling it “creepy” behaviour.