Ashley Biden urges court to sentence diary thief Harris to jail for harm caused

Rewritten Article: Ashley Biden penned a letter to a judge requesting that Aimee Harris, the woman who stole her personal diary and sold it for profit in an attempt to harm President Joe Biden politically, receive prison time. In the emotional plea unsealed by U.S District Judge Laura Taylor Swain over three weeks after Harris’ sentencing earlier this month, Ashley wrote that she would not attend the hearing as “it would only increase my pain.” She explained that the defendant had bullied her through violation of her privacy and dignity for her stream-of-consciousness thoughts. Although a lawyer representing Biden attended Harris’s sentence in person on April 9th, they did not add to what Ashley said in her letter. In her correspondence with Swain dated April 8th, the president’s daughter also disclosed that she developed PTSD from an earlier crime and revealed that the theft occurred while Joe was running for office, leading to constant re-traumatization due to its publicity as Harris intended it so. Ashley stated that because of this exposure, her personal journal can still be viewed online, causing ongoing harm through false accusations against herself and loved ones. She asked Swain to sentence the defendant to prison time followed by a lengthy probation period in order for Harris “to think twice before doing [such] things” to another person ever again as she hopes this will ensure that no woman would suffer similar bullying, shaming, despair, and harm as Ashley did. Finally, Ashley implored the judge to make clear her view that actions violating and exploiting others for personal gain causing humiliation or pain are not tolerated by sending a strong message through prison time sentencing rather than simply non-incarceratory punishments such as fines only intended as deterrents.