{"id":2324162,"date":"2024-08-13T23:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T03:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-asked-obama-administration-for-help-securing-foreign-energy-deal-report-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T23:26:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T03:26:31","slug":"hunter-biden-asked-obama-administration-for-help-securing-foreign-energy-deal-report-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-asked-obama-administration-for-help-securing-foreign-energy-deal-report-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden asked Obama administration for help securing foreign energy deal: Report &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunter-biden-asked-obama-administration-for-help-securing-foreign-energy-deal-report-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2324162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent report,\u200b it\u2064 has emerged that Hunter Biden \u200dsought assistance from the State Department to secure a foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-linked-law-firm-dodged-lobbying-disclosures-for-burisma-work\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden-Linked Law Firm Dodged Lobbying Disclosures for Burisma Work\">energy deal<\/a> in Italy \u200bwhile his father was serving as \u200cVice\u2064 President. Specifically, Biden reached out to the \u2064U.S. ambassador in Italy on behalf of Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-ag-demands-maricopa-county-freeze-all-2020-election-materials-releases-statement-on-audit\/\" title=\"Arizona AG Demands Maricopa County Freeze All 2020 Election Materials, Releases Statement On Audit\u00a0\">requesting support<\/a> for an energy deal in \u200cTuscany. Records\u200c obtained by the *New York Times* indicate that a Commerce Department\u200b official in the U.S.\u200c Embassy expressed hesitance to comply with this \u200brequest, highlighting concerns over the implications\u200d of advocating for \u2063a deal linked to the son of a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-if-democrats-call-witnesses-at-trial-we-will-call-democrats-thatve-used-inflammatory-language\/\" title=\"Graham: If Democrats Call Witnesses At Trial We Will Call Democrats That\u2019ve Used Inflammatory Language\">sitting vice president<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-send-a-tweet-congratulating-ethiopias-prime-minister-for-brave-leadership\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Send A Tweet Congratulating Ethiopia\u2019s Prime Minister For \u2018Brave Leadership\u2019?\">official remarked<\/a> on the\u2063 need for caution, particularly noting that the\u200d request was on behalf of \u200da Ukrainian company and advising\u200d against active\u2063 U.S. government involvement with\u200b the Italian government\u200b without proper\u200d authorization from Burisma.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hunter Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">asked<\/a> Obama administration for help securing foreign energy deal: Report<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1726328\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>First son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hunter Biden\">Hunter Biden<\/a> reportedly asked the State Department for help securing a foreign energy deal in Italy on behalf of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ukrainian\">Ukrainian<\/a> gas company Burisma while his father was vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/13\/us\/politics\/hunter-biden-ukrainian-company.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"obtained\">obtained<\/a> by the <em>New York Times<\/em> found that Biden had written at least one letter to the U.S. ambassador to Italy asking for help securing an energy deal for Busima in Tuscany. The response from the Commerce Department official in the U.S. Embassy in Rome appeared to express discomfort over the request for help given it came on behalf of the son of the then-vice president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to be careful about promising too much,&rdquo; the official tasked with responding reportedly wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a Ukrainian company and, purely to protect ourselves, [the U.S. government] should not be actively advocating with the government of Italy without the company going through the [Department of Commerce] Advocacy Center,&rdquo; they continued.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the State Department to confirm the report.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s lawyer Abbe Lowell minimized the request by telling the outlet that Biden had asked a variety of people for help and that there was nothing illegal about the request.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; Lowell said.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department did not release the actual text of Biden&rsquo;s letter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted the obtuse response of the State Department to the Freedom of Information Act request, only releasing the desired documents after three years of wrangling.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s antics and criminal charges have become a thorn in the side of the presidency of Joe Biden, even resulting in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2918658\/biden-impeachment-inquiry-house-gop-grapples-math-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>impeachment inquiry<\/a>, but the president has stuck by his son throughout.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1726328\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726328\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden sought assistance from the Obama administration to secure a foreign energy deal in Italy for the Ukrainian gas company Burisma while his father was serving as vice president. According to documents acquired by the New York Times, Biden sent at least one letter to the U.S. ambassador in Italy requesting support for an energy agreement in Tuscany. A response from a Commerce Department official at the U.S. Embassy in Rome indicated some unease regarding this request, particularly because it involved the son of then-Vice President Biden. The official reportedly stated, \u201cI want to be careful about promising too much,\u201d and emphasized that since it was a Ukrainian company, \u201cthe U.S. government should not be actively advocating with the Italian government without going through the [Department of Commerce] Advocacy Center.\u201d The Washington Examiner contacted the State Department for confirmation of this report. Hunter Biden&#8217;s attorney, Abbe Lowell, downplayed his client&#8217;s request by stating that he had reached out to various individuals for assistance and that there was nothing illegal about it: \u201cNo meeting occurred, no project materialized, no request for anything in the U.S. was ever sought and only an introduction in Italy was requested,\u201d Lowell explained. The State Department did not disclose the actual content of Biden\u2019s letter and took three years to release relevant documents following a Freedom of Information Act request. Hunter Biden&#8217;s actions and legal issues have posed challenges for President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration, even leading to an impeachment inquiry; however, President Biden has continued to support his son throughout these controversies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2324163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WB.legal_.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[38086,36493,32528,38085],"class_list":["post-2324162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-energy-deal","tag-foreign-relations","tag-hunter-biden","tag-obama-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WB.legal_.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}