Two men pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing and selling the private diary of President Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, for $40,000.
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When he was running against Donald Trump in 2020.
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The two, both from Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit the interstate transportation of stolen property, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams' office said.
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While authorities have not identified Biden, the nature of the property theft or the organization that paid for it, details of the investigation have been public for months.
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The Justice Department announced the guilty pleas filed by Amy Harris & Robert Kurlander, who referred to the victim as the daughter of "Candidate-1" — widely believed to be Biden
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According to the filing, the couple first tried to sell the diary to Trump's campaign -- dubbed "Candidate-2" -- & when they refused, they took it to a conservative activist group
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Each counts up to five years in prison for conspiracy to transport stolen property.
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