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Records Show Hunter Biden Sought U.S. Help for Burisma in Italy During Joe Biden's Vice Presidency

Aug 14, 2024, 01:13 AM

Recently released records indicate that Hunter Biden sought assistance from the U.S. government for a Burisma project in Italy while his father, Joe Biden, was serving as Vice President. The records, which had been withheld for years, were released by the State Department on July 26, 2024, following President Biden's decision to drop his re-election bid. These documents reveal that Hunter Biden contacted the U.S. Embassy in Italy in 2016, seeking support for the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, where he was a board member. The timing of the release has raised questions about potential conflicts of interest and the delay in making these records public. The New York Times had been seeking these FOIA records for years.