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Are there written or recorded statements from Ashley Biden detailing allegations against Joe Biden?
Executive summary
Reporting shows there are documents and media reports about a leaked diary that allegedly belonged to Ashley Biden which include passages describing childhood showers with her father; fact-checkers and news outlets trace publication of that diary to right‑wing outlets and to a 2020 leak tied to Project Veritas, and Ashley Biden has written to a judge about the theft and emotional harm caused by the diary’s publication [1] [2] [3]. Available sources do not present a separately published, sworn or investigative statement by Ashley Biden that newly or formally details additional allegations beyond the diary excerpts and her letter about the diary theft [3] [4].
1. What exists: a leaked diary and media excerpts
Multiple outlets and fact‑checkers report that a document circulated in 2020 and later contained diary entries attributed to Ashley Biden that mention childhood showers with her father and expressions of trauma; conservative outlets like The National File published a purported “complete diary” and fact‑checkers have summarized those entries [1] [2] [4]. Newsweek and Snopes report the diary’s appearance in conservative media in late 2020 and the persistence of those excerpts in later reporting [4] [2].
2. Chain of custody and who released it
Reporting indicates the alleged diary surfaced before the 2020 election and that Project Veritas figures were involved in the diary’s movement: The Intercept and other reporting cited by fact‑checkers say a Project Veritas employee provided the alleged diary to the National File in October 2020, and Project Veritas reportedly paid for the document; fact‑checkers trace the document’s path but also note disputes about publication choices [1] [2] [4].
3. Ashley Biden’s own public response in court filings
Rather than making a public, detailed allegation about her father in the press, Ashley Biden wrote to a judge in 2024 about the theft of her personal journal, describing the emotional harm and asking for the thief to be punished; that letter confirms she considers the manuscript her private journal and stresses the damage of its theft and publication [3]. The court letter is the clearest sourced example in current reporting of Ashley Biden addressing the matter publicly through legal channels [3].
4. What fact‑checkers and mainstream outlets say about authenticity and verification
Fact‑checking outlets like Snopes and Yahoo’s fact check recount investigations and reporting that strongly suggest the stolen diary likely belonged to Ashley Biden, and they document how the diary was circulated; those pieces caution that neither the contents nor authenticity were definitively confirmed by government officials, and earlier claims about official confirmation were sometimes misreadings of court papers [1] [2] [4]. Newsweek also summarizes that legal proceedings focused on the theft and not on adjudicating the diary’s factual claims [4].
5. Competing narratives and political context
Right‑leaning outlets publicized the diary content in 2020 and thereafter; prosecutors in the theft case said the theft was done to harm Joe Biden politically, and sentencing records emphasize the political motive of the thieves [3] [4]. Fact‑checkers warn readers that the diary’s leak and the actors involved (Project Veritas, National File) carry political aims, which is relevant when evaluating the motivations behind publicizing the material [1] [2].
6. What reporting does not show (limits and open questions)
Available sources do not cite a sworn deposition or extended on‑record interview in which Ashley Biden repeatedly sets out new, corroborated allegations against Joe Biden beyond what appears in the leaked diary excerpts and her letter about the theft; mainstream fact‑checking and news summaries focus on the diary’s circulation and the criminal case against the thieves rather than on evidentiary adjudication of any misconduct allegations [1] [2] [4]. If you’re looking for a formal, independently verified statement from Ashley Biden alleging criminal conduct by Joe Biden, that is not found in the present reporting [3] [4].
7. How to weigh these materials going forward
Journalistic practice and the cited fact‑checks suggest treating the leaked diary material as contested: it has been widely published by partisan outlets, tied to actors with political motives, and its contents are part of a legal record about theft rather than a court finding about the factual accuracy of specific allegations [1] [2] [4]. Readers seeking clarity should look for primary documents (Ashley Biden’s signed court letter) and careful reporting that distinguishes what the diary says, how it circulated, and what legal authorities have or have not verified [3] [4].
If you want, I can extract and summarize the specific passages that reporting attributes to the diary and point to the exact articles that reproduce them [1] [4].