While The New York Times on August 13 resurrected the issue of the first son’s lobbying activities, there are numerous official documents and emails showing that the Hunter Biden facilitated communication or directly contacted State Department officials to further his interests. Questions about his lobbying and compliance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) have been raised for more than four years.
The most prominent examples come from his efforts to help the Ukrainian gas company Burisma shut down an investigation by Ukrainian authorities. Starting in 2015, Hunter Biden personally met with at least one State Department official and facilitated the company’s relationship with Democrat-connected consulting firm Blue Star Strategies which directly lobbied the State Department.
The New York Times reported that Hunter Biden contacted the U.S. Ambassador to Italy in 2016 in an attempt to secure the State Department’s assistance with a lucrative natural gas project in the region of Tuscany. Records released by the State Department show Biden wrote a letter to the ambassador, though the contents are redacted.
“No meeting occurred, no project materialized, no request for anything in the U.S. was ever sought and only an introduction in Italy was requested,” Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement.
However, this is not the only documented instance Biden tried to use his influence to seek favors for his clients or employers from the State Department. […]
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