Aimee Harris, a woman from the city of Palm Beach, Florida, United States, was sentenced this Tuesday to spend a month in prison and three more under house arrest for having stolen the intimate diary of Ashley, the youngest daughter of the American president. Joe Biden.
In 2020, Harris stole the private publication along with other items belonging to Biden's daughter from a friend's house in Delray Beach, in the southern US state. He later sold it to Project Veritas, an American far-right activist group linked to the Republican Party, known for carrying out hidden camera recordings that have targeted media outlets, labor organizations and Democratic politicians.
After being arrested, Harris tearfully apologized for allowing the newspaper to be sold and pleaded guilty to one count of criminal conspiracy, admitting to receiving $20,000 of the $40,000 that Project Veritas paid for Ashley's personal belongings.
The prosecutor requested a prison sentence of 8 to 6 years, since the woman did not appear at several hearings. For her part, the Manhattan federal court, headed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain, noted that the woman's actions were “despicable,” but handed down a sentence of one month in prison and three more months under house arrest.
''I don't believe I am above the law,'' Harris said, and justified her repeated absences by saying that she was taking care of her two children, ages 8 and 6. The finally convicted woman also stated that she was a survivor of domestic violence and prolonged sexual trauma.
As an attorney for Ashley Biden watched from the public section of the court, Harris apologized to the president's daughter, saying she regretted making her childhood and life public. Ashley Biden had left her personal belongings in that house believing they were safe after spending time there in the spring of 2020.
The youngest daughter of the American president is a sustainable fashion entrepreneur, social worker and a woman committed to the environment. She was born from Biden's bond with his second wife, Jill.
She is the creator of Livelihood, a non-profit sustainable clothing brand that explains its philosophy on its own website: "A casual clothing company with ethical and social conscience, inspired by ordinary and extraordinary people."
Made with organic cotton and priced between $79 and $100 (between 67 and 85 euros), 10% of the brand's sales go to charities in Delaware and Anacostia (in the state of Columbia), where it began. Ashley as a social worker.
