Have any recordings or transcripts been released of Ashley Biden's public remarks about the diary?
Executive summary
Available reporting shows Ashley Biden acknowledged the diary was hers in an April 2024 letter and sought to describe the theft and public exposure as harmful; that letter and related court filings are the primary public record of her statements about the diary rather than a widely released audio or video of public remarks [1] [2]. Project Veritas and criminal cases around the theft produced audio evidence of interactions around the diary, but sources indicate her public remarks about authenticity and impact are documented in court letters and media reports rather than in a formal public speech or press-conference transcript released to the public [1] [2] [3].
1. Public record: a court letter, not a press conference
The clearest public statement from Ashley Biden about the diary appears in an April 2024 letter she sent to a federal judge — published and relied upon by outlets such as Newsweek and Snopes — in which she acknowledged the diary as hers and said its contents had been “constantly distorted and manipulated” after the theft [2] [1]. That court filing is the principal source cited by fact-checkers when discussing her authentication of the pages [1].
2. What media published and what fact-checkers concluded
Snopes updated its fact-check in April/May 2024 to move from “Unproven” to “True” regarding the diary’s authenticity, explicitly citing Ashley Biden’s letter to the court as the basis for that change [1]. Newsweek likewise reported on the letter and quoted Biden saying others had “once-grossly misinterpreted” her private writings, framing the letter as both an authentication and a plea about how the material has been used [2].
3. Audio and recordings in the public domain — different people, different material
Reporting and court records mention audio of interactions tied to Project Veritas and those who sold the diary; Snopes and other outlets note the existence of an old audio recording of a phone call between Ashley Biden and Project Veritas operatives that has circulated since 2023, which has been used as part of the chain of evidence that Project Veritas possessed material tied to her [1]. That audio is not the same as a public address or a formal transcript of Ashley Biden speaking openly about the diary at a public event [1].
4. Legal case produced documents and seized materials, not a public statement archive
Court proceedings in the Project Veritas-related prosecutions and appeals generated filings, seizures and decisions — for example, rulings denying First Amendment claims and orders approving seizure of devices — which produced documents and testimony for the record [3] [4]. Those records include the letter from Biden and various investigative documents, but available sources do not point to an official release of a full transcript or recording of a public speech by Ashley Biden on the diary beyond court filings [3] [4].
5. Competing narratives and media incentives
Right-leaning outlets and personalities have publicized diary excerpts and framed the material as politically consequential; Snopes and mainstream outlets treated the matter as both authenticated (via Biden’s letter) and as an instance of private writings being manipulated in public [1] [2]. Some conservative commentators continue to present the diary excerpts as definitive evidence of misconduct, while Biden’s own filing and reporting emphasize distress at theft and distortion — demonstrating a clear divergence between how different outlets use the same documents [2] [1].
6. Limitations in the public record and what’s not found
Available sources do not mention a released, comprehensive public transcript or formal recorded statement (speech, press conference or long-form interview) by Ashley Biden specifically addressing the diary beyond court filings and the limited phone-call audio cited by Snopes [1]. Sources do not provide a transcript of any public remark by her that would comprehensively answer whether she gave a televised statement or press-conference-style remarks about the diary [2] [1].
7. Takeaway for readers seeking primary material
If you want Ashley Biden’s own publicly filed words about the diary, read the April 2024 letter cited by Newsweek and Snopes — that court submission is the principal primary-source quotation available in reporting [2] [1]. For audio tied to the chain of possession, look to the Project Veritas-related recordings mentioned in reporting, keeping in mind those recordings involve interactions with operatives and are distinct from a standalone public address by Biden [1].
Limitations: this summary relies solely on the provided reporting; if you want direct copies of the court letter or the phone-call audio, the cited stories indicate where they were published or discussed but the underlying documents/recordings themselves are not reproduced in these sources [2] [1].