DOJ will not bring charges against Project Veritas members who tried to publish Ashley Biden diary

The Justice Department says it has effectively ended its case against members of Project Veritas without charges in connection with the undercover investigative group trying to publish the diary of former first daughter Ashley Biden.  

The announcement was made Wednesday by federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York in a one-paragraph letter to the judge overseeing the matter.

The letter states prosecutors will not bring additional charges and asks that the judge's command be terminated.

However, the prosecutors did not provide an explanation for the decision in the long-running investigation. 

The defendants were James O'Keefe, Spencer Meads and Eric Cochranames. The investigation started in the last few days of the 2020 presidential campaign, which Biden's father, Joe Biden, won.  

Authorities said in court filings that the three individuals paid for the diary. Later two other individuals pleaded guilty for stealing the diary and selling it to Project Veritas, according to The New York Times.

Robert Kurlander, one of the men who pleaded guilty to stealing the diary, had his sentencing delayed until May.

O'Keefe, who left Project Veritas over a controversy about misspent donor money, praised the decision on the social media platform, X. 

Correction: The editing error in the story stated Project Veritas was no longer in operation.