The reporter and at least one editor know the identity of the source. Weve investigated powerful people, and, in many ways, we are the tip of the spear, but we never break the law. FBI and Southern District of New York Raid Project Veritas Journalists Homes, Donate: projectveritas.com/donate Get emails: confirmsubscription.com/h/j/EC8A17570A033FCC Follow: Telegram: t.me/project_veritas FB: facebook.com/ProjectVeritas IG: instagram.com/project_veritas/ Telegram: t.me/JamesOKeefeIII IG: instagram.com/jamesokeefeiii/ Mission Statement Investigate & expose corruption, dishonesty, self-dealing, waste, fraud, and other misconduct in both public and private institutions in order to achieve a more ethical & transparent society. Then 38, Ashley Biden had worked for the group for a year and was promoted to executive director, according to Examiner, which added that the grant is designed to strengthen local law enforcement.. Ashley Blazer Biden (born June 8, 1981) is an American social worker, activist, philanthropist, and fashion designer. Image Via Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/VF16/WireImage via Getty Images. In October 2020, Kurlander wrote on Twitter, @realDonaldTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr where are Bidens two kids? His cancer brought me to my knees. Prior to her administrative role at the center, she worked in the Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families. [20] In 2012, she joined the Delaware Center for Justice as an associate director, focusing on criminal justice reform in the state. Late last year, we were approached by tipsters claiming they had a copy of Ashley Bidens diary. agents are investigating whether there was a criminal conspiracy among a handful of individuals to steal and publish the diary. Joe !!!.. [3] She has two half-brothers, Hunter Biden and the late Beau Biden, and a half-sister, the late Naomi Biden, from her father's first marriage to the late Neilia Hunter Biden. The family was close-knit, hardworking, always reminding the children that ordinary people can do the extraordinary. We dont mislead or conceal. The published page also contains the line that the writer remembers showers w/ my dad (probably not appropriate).. GettyAshley Biden, Joes daughter, with her parents. We do not know how The New York Times was aware of the execution of a search warrant at our reporters home, or the subject matter of the search warrant, as a Grand Jury investigation is secret. Project Veritas did not publish the diary; the groups founder said in an email to followers that it could not verify the diary was real at that time. "[33], Biden created the brand to help combat income inequality and racial inequality in the United States. [40], In June 2020, Biden designed the uniforms for the staff at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. as an offshoot of her Livelihood Collection[46][33] The uniforms were unveiled at a private launch party. [18] She later got involved in dolphin conservation, inspiring her father to work with Congresswoman Barbara Boxer to write and pass the 1990 Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act. [13] She moved to Kensington, Philadelphia, and started a job as a clinical support specialist at the Northwestern Human Services Children's Reach Clinic, assisting youth and their families with accessing resources and working directly with psychiatrists and therapists. They dont ask us to focus on the things which unite us. Despite being under investigation, Project Veritas did not publish the diary because of concerns it wasnt real.However, since that time, federal officials have launched the criminal investigation into Ashley Bidens diary, indicating that the diary was really the presidents daughters journal. At Tulane University, she was known as a party girl, according to The New York Post. [33] Livelihood's products are made with American-sourced organic cotton and are manufactured in the United States. Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. I think so I cant remember specifics but I do remember trauma., Hyper-sexualized @ a young age, the page reads. Two Florida residents pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to traffic in stolen goods for selling a diary and other personal effects of President Joe Biden's . Her half-sister Naomi "Amy" Biden was killed in a 1972 car accident . Without accountability, freedom itself is an illusion. My father was message I could get love from men., It also refers to being wiped until too late in the game, and blanket being taken away, and not letting myself go to bathroom., The writer discusses family in the diary, writing, I think what keeps coming up for me is my brothers. A "friend" attempted to sell a hidden-camera video allegedly showing Ashley snorting cocaine. In the. 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. She decided to leave some of her belongings behind, including a duffel bag and another bag, people familiar with the events said. According to Elle magazine, Biden started Livelihood, an ethically produced, American-made clothing company. The fashion line contained supersoft organic cotton hoodies.. The site said it had obtained the diary from someone at another organization that was unwilling to publish it in the campaigns final days. Or at least, this journalist., He added: I had to think long and hard before making this statement. Asked a list of specific questions related to the investigation, a lawyer for Project Veritas, Paul A. Calli, responded with a statement from Mr. OKeefe criticizing The New York Times. Ashley Bidens diary is the subject of a criminal investigation by federal authorities. As a boy, Joey stuttered and was bullied, but overcame both, learning to stand up for himself and others. Federal authorities are looking into whether there was a criminal conspiracy among a handful of individuals to steal and publish the diary, The Times reported. Ashley Biden's diary - over which Project Veritas was raided by the FBI last month - made its way to the whistleblower organization after Ms. Biden left her belongings at a friend's house, where sh. The episode has its roots in the spring of 2020, as Ms. Bidens father was closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination. According to PV founder James O'Keefe in August 2022, his organization could not confirm the diary received belonged to Ashley Biden. You can tell a lot about the family by the children!!!!! The tipsters were represented by attorneys who handled the negotiations with Project Veritas. Washington, DC. Joe Biden has two pets: Willow and Commander Biden. Ashley Biden's diary - which was published shortly before the 2020 election by a conservative news site that highlighted a claim against her father - is the subject of a criminal probe. How about they do a follow up on that?. Elle reported that Biden graduated from Tulane University and earned a masters in social work from the University of Pennsylvania. The Intercept reported in September 2022 that in October 2020 an employee of Project Veritas provided the alleged diary to the National File when Project Veritas had reservations about publishing it. It remains unclear how Ms. Harris and Mr. Kurlander made contact with Project Veritas and what role others might have played in facilitating the transaction. The tipsters indicated that they were negotiating with a different media outlet for the payment of monies for the diary. Two Florida residents pleaded guilty to stealing President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley Biden's diary after they sold the diary to Project Veritas for $40,000, prior to the 2020 presidential election. At the end of the day, we made the ethical decision that because, in part, we could not determine if the diary was real, if the diary in fact belonged to Ashley Biden, or if the contents of the diary occurred, we could not publish the diary and any part thereof. She was one of twelve graduates who received the John Hope Franklin Combating American Racism Award. [14], In August 2020, Biden spoke at the 2020 Democratic National Convention before her father accepted the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination. New details shed light on the federal investigation into the conservative groups acquisition last year of a journal kept by the presidents daughter. Hyper-sexualized @ a young age." "I relapsed. That is why Im calling on all Americans, and especially all journalists, to stand with us for the right to free speech, the free press, and to send a message that the politics of fear will not prevail in the United States of America. Project Veritas, the conservative group under scrutiny in a Justice Department investigation of how a diary kept by President Biden's daughter Ashley Biden was published days before the. Patrick Howley (@HowleyReporter) November 7, 2021. [14], After college, Biden worked as a waitress at a pizza shop in Wilmington for a few months before starting her career in social work. Ashley Blazer Biden (Wilmington, 8 giugno 1981) un'attivista e filantropa statunitense, figlia di Joe Biden, il 46 Presidente degli Stati Uniti. Even as a child, I had a hard time reconciling the inherent unfairness of it all.. According to the diary, Ashley wrote that her father and our president took. OKeefe also once presided over a company that used that address, The Times reported. Weeks after Ms. Biden headed to the Northeast, the friend who had been hosting Ms. Biden in the house allowed an ex-girlfriend named Aimee Harris and her two children to move in. [1][2] Her father, Joe Biden, is the president of the United States and previously served as vice president. At the end of the day, we made the ethical decision that because, in part, we could not determine if the diary was real, if the diary in fact belonged to Ashley Biden, or if the contents of the diary occurred, we could not publish the diary and any part thereof. Without accountability, freedom itself is an illusion. [53], Media related to Ashley Biden at Wikimedia Commons, Last edited on 19 February 2023, at 01:40, Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, "Get to Know All of Joe Biden's Kids and Grandkids! [12] Biden made an appearance before members of the United States Congress to lobby for the legislation. Powered by. The Justice Department, led by Attorney General William Barr under the Trump administration, began its investigation of the stolen diary in October after the Biden family reported the incident. According to the Times, Ashley Biden was living in Delray Beach, Fla., with a friend in a rented home, after being in rehab. Those being scrutinized include current and former operatives for the conservative group Project Veritas; a donor Mr. Trump appointed to a political position in the final days of his administration; a man who once pleaded guilty in a money laundering scheme; and a financially struggling mother of two, according to people familiar with federal grand jury subpoenas and a search warrant who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. Mr. Bantner declined to reveal the identity of his client to the police. The diarys content and text have ended up online, and passages in which Biden writes about her father, President Joe Biden, are causing controversy. She provided the name of their lawyer, who declined to comment. We had never met or heard of the tipsters. Two Palm Beach County residents this week pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting they snatched a diary kept by President Joe Biden's daughter when she lived briefly in Delray Beach . Now, Ms. Bidens Fathers Department of Justice, specifically the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York, appears to be investigating the situation, claiming the diary was stolen. A diary! On October 16, 2020, shortly after the call to Ashley, a lawyer for Project Veritas asked for an on-camera interview with Joe Biden to discuss the diary, which the campaign obviously did not agree to. And it has been making a case in court and to Congress that, despite its use of undercover stings and other deceptive tactics, it is practicing a form of journalism that deserves the same legal and constitutional protections afforded news organizations. Investigators are also looking at the role of Ms. Fagos daughter, Stephanie Walczak. Ms. Bidens lawyers refused to acknowledge whether the diary belonged to Ms. Biden but told Mr. Ede that Project Veritas should treat it as stolen property the lawyers suggested that serious crimes might have been committed and that any suggestion that the diary was abandoned was ludicrous.. The above-mentioned Harris and Kurlander pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport stolen property across state lines in their sale of the document to Project Veritas. At the same time, another effort was underway in secret to try to expose the contents of a diary kept the previous year by Mr. Bidens daughter, Ashley Biden, as she underwent treatment for addiction. The Intercept, 7 Dec. 2022, https://theintercept.com/2022/09/07/project-veritas-ashley-biden-diary-leak/. A Florida woman who found Ashley Biden's private diary is being investigated by the FBI - not for stealing the journal but for selling it, DailyMail.com has learned.. At one point in February 2020, she had faced eviction while living at a rental property in nearby Jupiter. Alex Kasprak is an investigative journalist and science writer reporting on scientific misinformation, online fraud, and financial crime. Its a decision that only I can make. [14], She founded the Young@Art program that provides resources and outlets for students to create artwork while they are detained in detention facilities, and then sells the art in the community. That is why Im calling on all Americans, and especially all journalists, to stand with us for the right to free speech, the free press, and to send a message that the politics of fear will not prevail in the United States of America. Do the sources know the information? Ashley Biden's Diary. [14] Half of the proceeds of the art go directly to the artists, and the other half goes into funding the program to buy art supplies and to pay the wages of youth who work at the community art shows. In a recent letter to Congress, a lawyer for Project Veritas said it had been told the items had been abandoned in a room where Ms. Biden had stayed. But the police report said that Mr. Bantners client had told him that the property was possibly stolen and he got it from an unknown person at a hotel., The video footage, which appears to be a partial account of the encounter, records Mr. Bantner describing the bags as crap. The officer can be heard telling Mr. Bantner that he is going to throw the bags in the garbage because the officer did not have any information or proof of evidence.. Our efforts were the stuff of responsible, ethical, journalism and we are in no doubt that Project Veritas acted properly at each and every step. A right-wing outlet called the National File published dozens of pages of 40-year-old Ashley Biden's purported diary in October 2020, with the handwritten pages covering a number of salacious . Hyper-sexualized @ a young age, the page reads. Ms. Harris is fully cooperating with the investigation and will remain responsive to the governments requests for evidence and for her version of events, her lawyer, Guy Fronstin, said in an email. [14], In 2014, Biden criticized the death penalty, stating that it is not cost effective and wastes resources that could go towards victim services and crime prevention. But in June, with the campaign ramping up, she headed to the Philadelphia area, planning to return to the Delray home in the fall before the lease expired in November. A decade later, a purported friend of hers tried to sell the New York Post a hidden camera video that they said showed a woman resembling Biden using cocaine, Examiner reported. The FBI took materials of current, and former, Veritas journalists despite the fact that our legal team previously contacted the Department of Justice and voluntarily conveyed unassailable facts that demonstrate Project Veritas lack of involvement in criminal activity and/or criminal intent. CNN Two people who sold Ashley Biden's journal and other items to Project Veritas pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. Andrew Feinberg. She was living in Delray Beach, Fla., a small city between Miami and West Palm Beach, with a friend who had rented a two-bedroom house lined with palm trees with a large swimming pool and wraparound driveway, according to people familiar with the events. Reporting was contributed by Patricia Mazzei, William K. Rashbaum, Kitty Bennett, Matthew Cullen and Kirsten Noyes. Its a decision that only I can make. Biden is the only child from his second marriage to educator Jill Biden. We investigated the claims provided to us, as journalists do. I think so I cant remember specifics but I do remember trauma I remember not liking the (last names) house; I remember somewhat being sexualized with (another female); I remember having sex with friends @ a young age; showers w/ my dad (probably not appropriate); being turned on when I wasnt suppose to be., The page also refers to overhearing parents having sex and claims, my mother not emotionally available. Ashley Biden's diary is under investigation by the FBI, which has launched a theft probe into Project Veritas. Print Listen The strange case of Ashley Biden's diary just got even stranger. Ashley Biden's diary is the subject of a criminal investigation by federal authorities. Agents on Friday searched . According to the Times, he was also the first journalist to publish a yearbook picture showing Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and another person (the people in the photo were wearing a KKK outfit and blackface), and also first published text messages revealing an extramarital affair between Democratic Senate candidate in North Carolina, Cal Cunningham, and a woman. Or at least, this journalist., He added: I had to think long and hard before making this statement. The Times reported that the website that published the diary pages is owned by Flyover Media, which is registered to an address shared by Branch Six Consulting, which is run by a former British spy named Richard Sneddon, who has helped train Project Veritas in espionage tactics, according to The Times. Because the authenticity of this document or the images published by National File have not been confirmed, any claims derived from the "diary" including ones at issue here must inherently be rated "Unproven.". Ms. Fago visited the Trump White House at least twice. [14] She also interned at a summer program at Georgetown University, working with youth from Anacostia. The National File wrote that it obtained this document from a whistleblower who was concerned the media organization that employs him would not publish the materials in the final days before the presidential election., The National File wrote that it has a recording of Ashley Biden admitting the diary is hers, and employed a handwriting expert who verified the pages were all written by Ashley.. Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for Ms. Biden, declined to comment. The FBI raided the home of Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe as part of a federal investigation into the "stolen" diary of President Biden 's daughter, Ashley Biden. These details were discovered in Ashley Biden's DIARY reported by @TuckerCarlson this evening. When the FBI and the Southern District of New York seize reporters notebooks, it is not just an attack on Project Veritas. [46] The hotel donated $15,000 to Livelihood. Ashley left the diary at a friend's home in Delray Beach, Florida, in 2020, and planned to go back to get it later that year, the Times reported. Have they proved reliable in the past? In October 2020, she gave $500 to pro-Trump committees. This federal investigation smacks of politics. Why it matters: The revelation comes amid a criminal investigation into how the diary and other property belonging to Ashley Biden ended up in the hands of right-wing journalists. First, we have the saga of Ashley Biden, 27-year-old daughter of Vice President Joe Biden. [4][5] Biden is a great-great-granddaughter of Edward Francis Blewitt. How Ashley Biden's Diary Made Its Way to Project Veritas New details shed light on the federal investigation into the conservative group's acquisition last year of a journal kept by the. Her parents are U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. Now if you haven't been following this story, the journalists at Project Veritas got their hands on . However, those news outlets are generally leaving the actual claims in the published pages out of their stories, including the passage about showers; theyve been widely circulated, though, by conservatives like Candace Owens on social media. As the investigation came to light last month, Mr. OKeefe said in a statement that Project Veritas gave the diary to law enforcement to ensure it could be returned to its rightful owner.. Even with these questions satisfied, The Times uses anonymous sources as a last resort. They dont ask us to focus on the things which unite us. The Pundit Class is busy doing process pieces on high-level investigative journalism instead of reporting on Joe and Ashley's showers. On Oct. 16, 2020, Project Veritas wrote to Joe Biden and his campaign that it had obtained a diary that Ashley Biden had "abandoned" and wanted to question Joe Biden on camera about its . Rebecca Kiessling, the mother of two sons killed by fentanyl . FBI Searches NY Homes Tied to Project Veritas Over Ashley Biden Diary Investigation The conservative group allegedly received a diary that a tipster claimed belonged to President Joe Biden's. According to The New York Times, Ashley Bidens friend then allowed his ex-girlfriend Aimee Harris to move into the home. Mar 20, 2022, 10:58 PM. The group, the Delaware Center for Justice, received a federal Edward Byrne Memorial grant, which Joe Biden supported, the site reported. When the FBI and the Southern District of New York seize reporters notebooks, it is not just an attack on Project Veritas. Ms. Fago did not respond to requests for comment. The guilty pleas come after a long-running investigation into how Ashley Biden's diary got into the hands of a right-wing organisation . Ashley Blazer Biden was born on June 8, 1981, in Wilmington, Delaware. They dont want me to defend myself and immediately tried to silence me. So, the great question is: Is this an indicator in the direction that America is going? Ashley's diary entries, written in 2019 while she was in and out of treatment for substance abuse in South Florida, were searingly personal.
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