Two people who stole and sold the personal diary of US President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley Biden have been sentenced to five years in prison.
According to the AFP news agency, during the 2020 presidential campaign, Ashley Biden's diary was sold by thieves for $40,000.
Two American citizens, Amy Harris and Robert Kirlander, have pleaded guilty to trying to sell the diary to Donald Trump's campaign workers, but were approached by a social organization after they were not interested, the US Department of Justice said. What did
Project Veritas, a social organization, offered Amy Harris and Robert Kirlander $20,000 in exchange for the diary.
The social organization also asked for the theft of other items, including digital files of photos of Ashley Biden and her family.
According to the Department of Justice, Joe Biden's 41-year-old daughter Ashley Biden left her personal belongings at a friend's house in Florida.
Social organization Project Veritas is affiliated with the Republican Party in a personal capacity.
The organization did not publish Ashley Biden's personal diary, but another conservative website called The National File later published the text of the diary.
The website's management claimed to have obtained the diary from the Project Veritas organization, after which the FBI launched an investigation.
Amy Harris and Robert Kurlander have been sentenced to five years each for conspiracy.
