Two Florida residents pleaded guilty to a scheme to sell a diary and other items that were stolen from the daughter of the president.
The Manhattan U.S. Attorney said that the two people pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property.
The property the pair were peddling was owned by an immediate family member of a candidate for national political office, according to the DOJ.
According to prosecutors, in June 2020, Biden was storing items, including a handwritten journal containing highly personal entries, tax records, a digital storage card containing private family photographs, and a cellphone, in a private home in Florida.
Harris asked for the assistance in selling the items. He said that he would help her make a lot of money from the material.
The purpose of the September 2020 event was to sell items to the Trump campaign.
A representative for the Trump campaign told Kurlander that it was not interested in buying the property and that they should give it to the FBI.
According to the complaint, Kurlander told Harris that the candidate's campaign could not use it. They would like it to be sent to the FBI. There is no way this can be used by Candidate 2. It needs to be done differently.
Project Veritas is a New York-based conservative activist group known for its hidden-camera sting operations. Harris and Kurlander were asked to use an application to send pictures.
Project Veritas offered to pay for airfare, hotel, and car service for Harris andKurlander to get the property from Florida to New York City.
The stolen items were sold to Project Veritas for $40,000. Project Veritas said it got the diary from people who said it had been left in a room and turned it over to law enforcement.
Harris and Kurlander were convicted of a federal felony for trying to profit from their theft of another person's personal property.
Both defendants apologized in court.
According to the New York Times, Kurlander said in court that he knew what he had done was wrong. I apologized.
Harris apologized for any actions he had taken and said what he had done was illegal.
Conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property can result in a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Under the terms of their plea agreements, Harris and Kurlander both agreed to give up tens of thousands of dollars.
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