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Theft of Ashley Biden Diary Guilty Pleas
By Kurlander and Harris with No Sentence
Estimate
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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EXCLUSIVE, August 25 -
For taking and transporting
Ashley Biden's diary from
Florida to New York, guilty
pleas on no notice were
entered on August 25 by Robert
Kurlander and Aimee Harris.
Inner City Press was there,
and live tweeted, here and
below.
Before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Sarah L.
Cave, first Kurlander then
Harris were brought out of the
holding cell by US Marshals,
sat and pled guilty. Inner
City Press' thread:
OK- suited
defendant in Magistrates
Court : US v
Robert Kurlander, arrested at
7am.
Kurlander has a
Florida lawyer, Kaplan. Judge:
You are charged with stealing
personal property and
transporting interstate.
[Ashley Biden diary]
Kurlander
waives indictment. He plead
GUILTY.
Kurlander
is told, five year maximum.
But what is the plea
agreement? This ritual is
heading there: his allocution,
and reference to plea
agreement letter. Judge took 2
AUSAs and Kaplan in back,
sealed, before the plea. Why?
Judge Cave
says there may be "restitution
to victims"
There is a plea
agreement dated August 18.
Still not public. But Judge
Cave says "It puts guideline
sentence at...No, the plea
agreement makes no guideline
estimate." [Which is not the
norm here in SDNY]
AUSA Kelly: He's
pleading to conspiracy [18 USC
371] to transport stolen
property in interstate
commerce [Section 2314] There
are payment records.
Kurlander: These
items were stolen in Florida
and I paid to have them
transported to New York. I am
sorry.
Judge Cave: I
accept your guilty plea.
AUSA: Bail on
$50,000 bond, can travel
throughout the continental US.
Drug testing (Kaplan seems to
ask, Disregard first
test).
Judge Cave: He
can continue his
self-employment. Kurlander: I
surrendered my passport
already. Control date
Dec 8.
But wait
there's more: Aimee Harris has
just been brought in by 2 US
Marshals for presentment (for
taking Ashley Biden diary from
Florida rental where she left
it), after Kurlander plea.
This time, a docket (case)
number.
Harris charged
similarly to Kurlander, a
single conspirscy count. She
waives indictment. She will
plead guilty, her lawyer says.
[After Inenr City
Press tweeted about the above,
and the detail from Harris'
allocution that she said "an
organization" paid her
$10,000, twice, for the property
(diary) via her child custody
lawyer, this DOJ press
release, here.]
The case is
22-cr-457 (Swain / Cave)
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