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Hunter Biden Sought State Department Help for Ukrainian Company

Hunter Biden sought assistance from the U.S. government for a potentially lucrative energy project in Italy while his father was vice president, according to newly released records and interviews.

The records, which the Biden administration had withheld for years, indicate that Hunter Biden wrote at least one letter to the U.S. ambassador to Italy in 2016 seeking assistance for the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, where he was a board member.

Embassy officials appear to have been uneasy with the request from the son of the sitting vice president on behalf of a foreign company.

“I want to be careful about promising too much,” wrote a Commerce Department official based in the U.S. Embassy in Rome who was tasked with responding.

“This is a Ukrainian company and, purely to protect ourselves, U.S.G. should not be actively advocating with the government of Italy without the company going through the D.O.C. Advocacy Center,” the official wrote. Those acronyms refer to the United States government and a Department of Commerce program that supports American companies that seek business with foreign governments.

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 @OffendedPloverVeteranfrom California  commented…11mos11MO

Let's not get all excited. If hunter is convicted, he'll just be pardoned by daddy before he leaves office.

 @E1ectoralDanGreenfrom Texas  disagreed…11mos11MO

If that’s a problem, you probably shouldn’t vote for Trump

  @B636G7G from Louisiana  commented…2 days2D

And why not ? Give a credible answer, not some lie told on NBC., The whole Biden family has been making millions off Biden's political career, just like a democrat's bunch of thieves who will sell this country out for a buck with no regard for our future.

 @LeftLaneBobDemocrat from Texas  disagreed…11mos11MO

Convicted of writing to a U.S. embassy asking for help with something?

I’ve done that,

Millions of people have done that,

It’s not only perfectly legal, it’s actually the proper channel you should use abroad.

He didn’t even get his Dad to do it,

He sent it as a civilian.

 @BatCharlotteRepublicanfrom Texas  commented…11mos11MO

The coast is clear to drop this stuff now.

 @PopulistAlexaDemocrat from Massachusetts  disagreed…11mos11MO

You mean the fact that nothing came of the ask, then referred to proper channels….

 @SolidCentr1stRepublicanfrom Ohio  commented…11mos11MO

So tell me again why Hunter Biden hasn’t be charged with FARA violations yet?

 @CharismaticLegislationVeteran from California  disagreed…11mos11MO

This is the whole point of getting the focus onto the minor firearm charge

 @LeftLeaningMikeyVeteran from Virginia  commented…11mos11MO

Such corruption from the Biden’s… after Joe and Kamala had Trump arrested for bs in deep blue jurisdictions to ensure there would be show trials out of Putin’s playbook. They remain above the law

 @DoughnutMikeSocialist from Georgia  disagreed…11mos11MO

You don't get to vote for Trump and pretend to care about this

 @S3curityHyenaRepublican from Virginia  commented…11mos11MO

It’s why they are not pulling the 25th on Biden. He needs to stay in long enough to pardon the crackhead

 @ISIDEWITHasked…11mos11MO

How should government officials handle requests from colleagues' relatives, especially when those requests involve foreign entities?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…11mos11MO

In what ways might seeking government assistance for private business interests conflict with public service ethics?

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…8mos8MO

Biden will issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden

President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night, according to a senior White House official with direct knowledge of the decision.The decision marks a reversal for the president, who has repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence. The pardon comes ahead of Hunter Biden’s Dec. 12 sentencing for his conviction on federal gun charges. Hunter Biden also is set to be sentenced in a separate criminal case on Dec. 16, after pleading guilty in September on federal tax evasion charges.The pardon is expected to cover both Hunter Biden’s gun charges conviction and guilty plea.The senior White House official said Biden decided over this weekend to grant his son a pardon and began to inform his senior aides on Sunday. Using his pardon power to assure Hunter Biden does not spend time in jail comes as the 82-year-old president is near the end of his term in the White House and has no future election to face. In recent months Biden has said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence.“I will not pardon him,” the president said of his son in June after a jury found him guilty on three federal gun charges.President Biden has discussed issuing a pardon for his son with some of his closest aides since at least Hunter Biden’s conviction in June, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions about the matter said. They said a decision was made at the time for the president to publicly say he would not pardon his son even though doing so remained on the table.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters earlier this month that the president’s position has not changed.

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