(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Project Veritas stole Ashley Biden's Diary! FOX News: Ashley Biden smokes weed and evades taxes! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-12-29 Politicians' kids, who are private citizens, are not political pawns! I needed to ensure I put “who are private citizens” in the subtitle because I could just hear some MAGA screaming, “Well, what about Ivanka and DJT Jr., and Eric, huh?” These guys had jobs in the White House; they are also drug-abusing morons who enriched themselves at our expense. Anything Hunter or Ashley did is not even in the same zip code as that, and again, they are private citizens! I also mentioned Barron because, while folks on the left don’t go after the innocent kids of our political enemies, some have, on rare occasions, made fun of Barron, a common target being his autism. Again, rare, but as the mother of an autistic son, yeah, not cool. Let's not. Keep Ashley and Hunter out yo’ mouth—Comer, I am looking at you bruh (2-minute video)! More Media bias exposed We hardly ever hear a peep from the MSM about the billions Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner received from Saudi Arabia, but man, are we getting an earful about Hunter and Ashley’s drug addiction and tax evasion issues. That all you got, GOP? Funny thing—when MAGA talks about Trump’s tax evasion, they claim he was simply a shrewd businessman (he wasn’t), but when they speak on Ashley or Hunter's tax evasion, they foam at the mouth and scream the duo are hardened criminals (they aren’t.) They should, of course, pay their taxes. Everyone should, including Trump. The MSM is complicit The media plays along with these games, especially the right-wing press. For example, when the judgment came down about Project Veritas coughing up documents pertaining to the theft of Ashley Hunter’s diary, both Fox and The New York Post ran with near identical headlines, specifically: First daughter Ashley Biden has been no stranger to scandal as she grew up with her father Joe’s political career, watching him serve for nearly five decades in the Senate and eventually becoming both vice president and president of the United States. The 42-year-old is now back in the news after it was revealed on Dec. 18 that she owes $5,000 in income taxes dating back to 2015. FIRST ON FOX: Ashley Biden, President Biden's daughter, owes $5,000 in income taxes beginning in 2015, according to a recent tax lien docket first obtained by Fox News Digital. Liens are legal claims imposed by the government on a property or assets to secure unpaid taxes after repeated attempts to collect. Private citizens owe taxes? Dah gasping horrah! Well, that’s some mighty fine sleuthing Conservative Media—how about this headline, though… Project Veritas's 1st Amendment claim struck down after they stole Ashley Biden’s diary! I get it—they have to deflect from the far more damning headline, which reveals conservative media’s sinister and nefarious business tactics. I mean, sure, these guys tried to go after and persecute a private citizen by taking her private thoughts and threatening to make them public for political again—but Ashley owes taxes! Same thing, right, right? There is a reason I dislike the modern-day Republican party. Criminal prosecutors may soon get to see over 900 documents pertaining to the alleged theft of a diary belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter after a judge rejected the conservative group Project Veritas' First Amendment claim. Attorney Jeffrey Lichtman said on behalf of the nonprofit Monday that attorneys are considering appealing last Thursday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan. In the written decision, the judge said the documents can be given to investigators by Jan. 5. Watch Popok’s above video to get the complete skinny and low down regarding when the diary was stolen and how many hands it was changed before Project Veritas paid $40, 000 for the thing. Further: In written arguments, lawyers for Project Veritas and O'Keefe said the government's investigation “seems undertaken not to vindicate any real interests of justice, but rather to stifle the press from investigating the President’s family.” “It is impossible to imagine the government investigating an abandoned diary (or perhaps the other belongings left behind with it), had the diary not been written by someone with the last name ‘Biden,’” they added. The judge rejected the First Amendment arguments, saying in the ruling that they were “inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent.” She also noted that Project Veritas could not claim it was protecting the identity of a confidential source from public disclosure after two individuals publicly pleaded guilty in the case. She was referencing the August 2022 guilty pleas of Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander to conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property. Both await sentencing. In America, we are all guaranteed the right to pursue happiness, which would include freedom from undue persecution; people not guilty of crimes should not be vehemently attacked for political gain. Republicans used to have an ethical center—a line, if you will. They have erased that line and wandered irredeemably across it—it’s up to the rest of us to ensure they don’t meander further down that road to the point of no return. 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