Woman who stole Joe Biden's daughter Ashley's diary begins jail sentence early after being 'caught speeding with marijuana'

The woman who stole Ashley Biden's diary has begun her jail sentence early after she was allegedly caught speeding at 90mph while in possession of marijuana.

Aimee Harris, 42, was arrested Monday in McIntosh County, Georgia for driving with a suspended license, speeding, possession of an open container, possession of marijuana and obstruction of a law enforcement officer.

She was taken into custody just one day before her scheduled voluntary surrender to begin her monthlong jail sentence for stealing a diary belonging to President Joe Biden's daughter in 2020.

Harris, of Palm Beach, Florida, and co-conspirator Robert Kurlander then sold the journal to a conservative media outlet for $40,000.

She has been taken into custody by US marshals in wake of her arrest in Georgia and is being held in a federal holding facility.

Aimee Harris, 42, (pictured outside Manhattan federal court in April) was arrested Monday in McIntosh County, Georgia for driving with a suspended license, speeding, possession of an open container, possession of marijuana and obstruction of a law enforcement officer

Harris was taken into custody just one day before her scheduled voluntary surrender to begin her monthlong jail sentence for stealing a diary belonging to Ashley Biden (pictured last month) four years ago

Harris was arrested around 11.30pm Monday after she was allegedly caught driving at 90mph in a 70mph zone, according to the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office arrest report, which was obtained by CNBC.

She had been travelling southbound on Interstate 95 near Darien, which is located roughly 50 miles south of Savannah and 46 miles north of the Florida border.

Harris notified her supervising pretrial services officer on Sunday that she would be going on an 'one day road trip up to' South Carolina Monday and intended to return that night, prosecutors alleged in a New York federal court filing.

The US Attorney's Office in Manhattan on Tuesday penned a letter to Chief District Judge Laura Taylor Swain stating they had been informed of Harris' arrest and requested that she be taken into custody by US Marshals.

The filing, which was reviewed by DailyMail.com, states that she was 'charged with multiple offenses, including driving with a suspended license, speeding, possession of an open container, possession of marijuana, and obstruction of a law enforcement officer'.

'The defendant is currently in state custody in connection with those charges,' the prosecutors added. 

Judge Swain, after reviewing the filing, signed off on the request Wednesday morning and within hours Harris was transferred to the custody of the US Bureau of Prisons. 

The state facility where she was being held is also utilized as a federal holding facility.

Harris and co-conspirator Robert Kurlander, of Jupiter, Florida, (pictured) then sold Ashley Biden's journal to conservative media outlet Project Veritas for $40,000

Harris, of Palm Beach, (pictured) found the diary and other items at a friend's Delray Beach, Florida home in 2020. Prosecutors said Biden had believed her items were safely stored after she temporarily stayed there in spring 2020

Harris was sentenced in April to a month in prison and three months of home confinement for stealing and selling Biden's diary four years ago to Project Veritas.

Harris pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in August 2022, admitting that she received $20,000 of the $40,000 that was paid by the conservative group for personal items belonging to the president's daughter. 

Both defendants had each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport stolen property across state lines. 

Harris found the diary and other items at a friend's Delray Beach, Florida home in 2020. Prosecutors said Biden had believed her items were safely stored after she temporarily stayed there in spring 2020.

'I do not believe I am above the law,' Harris said at her sentencing hearing in April after a prosecutor urged a prison sentence following her failure to appear at numerous sentencing dates on the grounds that she was consumed with caring for her two children, aged eight and six.

'I'm a survivor of long-term domestic abuse and sexual trauma,' she told the judge.

During sentencing, the presiding federal judge noted that Harris and Kurlander had first tried unsuccessfully to sell Biden's belongings to then-president Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign. Pictured: President Joe Biden at the NATO Summit in DC on Thursday

With a lawyer for Biden observing from the courtroom's spectator section, Harris apologized to the president's daughter, saying she regrets making her childhood and life public.

Announcing the sentence, Judge Swain called Harris' actions 'despicable'.

The judge noted that Harris and a co-defendant, Kurlander, of nearby Jupiter, Florida, had first tried unsuccessfully to sell Biden's belongings to then-president Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign. 

Judge Swain said Harris, besides being motivated by greed, had hoped to impact the nation's political landscape.