Ashley Biden, the daughter of President Joe Biden, wrote a judge to say she would not attend the criminal sentencing earlier this month of the woman who stole her diary because "it would only increase my pain."
The highly emotional letter was unsealed by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain more than three weeks after the judge sentenced Aimee Harris to one month in federal jail and three months of home detention.
"My goal in asking Your Honor to impose a term of incarceration is to ensure that another woman isn't bullied and shamed like this ever again," Biden wrote.
Biden also asked Swain to sentence the Florida resident to prison followed by a lengthy probation period, according to the letter unsealed Thursday in Manhattan federal court.
Project Veritas did not publish the diary, but another right-wing outlet did, shortly before the 2020 presidential election, which Joe Biden won.
Persons:
Ashley Biden, Joe Biden, Laura Taylor Swain, Aimee Harris, isn't, Biden, Harris, Swain, David McCaw, Robert Kurlander
Organizations:
U.S, The New York Times, Veritas, Project Veritas
Locations:
Angeles, Los Angeles, Florida, Manhattan