Hunter Biden got Obama admin to help Burisma subsidiary

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Hunter Biden got Obama admin to help Burisma subsidiary

https://nypost.com/2025/04/04/us-news/h ... y-overlap/

Hunter Biden got help from the Obama administration — which his father, Joe, served as vice president — while repping Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, which paid the younger Biden a million-dollar salary based on his political connections, bombshell federal files published Friday show.

The documents — which emerged 73 days after Joe Biden’s presidency ended — show Hunter, now 55, solicited and received commitments of State Department assistance for a Burisma geothermal subsidiary’s work in Italy.

Then-US Ambassador to Rome John Phillips, who had received a letter from Hunter asking for help, wrote to the then-second son in July 2016 that he was designating a subordinate to help grease the wheels for Burisma, which was seeking to firm up relations with then-Tuscany regional president Enrico Rossi.

“Dear Hunter, It seems like yesterday that you were in Rome. I hope this finds you well. Thank you for your letter. I know Enrico Rossi well and have a good working relationship with him,” the ambassador wrote in a response printed by the New York Times.

“I spoke to the Senior Commercial Officer at the Embassy, [name redacted], and though the amount of direct support we can provide to a Ukrainian company is limited, I’ve asked him to be the point of contact, see where our interests may overlap, and facilitate contact with Mr. Rossi.”

One month prior, Hunter had written the embassy asking for “your support and guidance in arranging a meeting for representatives from Burisma with the President of Tuscany Region, Mr. Enrico Rossi” — writing in that message, “It was great seeing you in Rome recently.”

Phillips told the Times that he understood Hunter to be referring to a three-day stay by then-VP Biden at the official ambassador’s residence in November 2015, with Hunter joining for part of the visit.

A rep for Hunter Biden told the newspaper that his reference to his powerful dad’s trip “was heartfelt appreciation for courtesy and comfort” shown by Phillips.

The publication of records shores up Republican claims of influence peddling as part of Hunter’s lucrative consulting work in countries such as China and Ukraine during his father’s eight years as VP — though they are surfacing after the political salience of that evidence has passed.