Hunter Biden sought US government help for Ukrainian company Burisma

Biden wrote to then US ambassador to Rome on behalf of the energy firm while his father was vice-presidentHunter Biden lobbied the US government for help in securing a lucrative energy contract in Italy while his father Joe Biden was vice-president, newly released documents show.A tranche of previously undisclosed documents now made public under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveals that the president’s son wrote to the then US ambassador to Rome, John Phillips, in 2016 seeking assistance on behalf of the Ukrainian energy company, Burisma, of which he was a board member. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/14/hunter-biden-burisma-energy-company

Author : Robert Tait in Washington

Publish date : 2024-08-14 14:28:47

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