The pair who stole Ashley Biden’s diary tried to sell it to the Trump campaign but a representative refused and told them to turn it over to the FBI, prosecutors say

President Joe Biden walks on the beach with daughter Ashley Biden, in Rehoboth Beach, Del., June 20, 2022.
Two Florida residents pleaded guilty to stealing a diary that belonged to President Joe Biden’s daughter.
Prosecutors said the pair tried to sell it to the Trump campaign in September 2020.
A Trump campaign representative told them they should turn it in to the FBI, a court filing said. 

The Trump campaign turned down an offer to buy a diary that belonged to President Joe Biden’s daughter ahead of the 2020 election, according to federal prosecutors.

Two Florida residents pleaded guilty to stealing Ashley Biden’s diary and selling it to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000, the Justice Department announced on Thursday.

Aimee Harris discovered the diary while staying at a friend’s place in Delray Beach, Florida, in 2020 after Ashley Biden had spent some time staying there, prosecutors said. Harris later texted Robert Kurlander to tell him about the discovery and say…

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