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Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House Press Secretary, struggled to respond coherently when a reporter questioned her about a recent revelation that Hunter Biden had sought assistance from the State Department for Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings while his father, Joe Biden, was Vice President.
The New York Times was the first to report on Hunter Biden’s outreach to a US ambassador, and other media outlets such as CNN and ABC News also covered the story based on heavily redacted State Department documents obtained through a FOIA request by the New York Times.
The reports indicated that in 2015, Hunter Biden approached the US Ambassador for Italy to seek help for Burisma Holdings.
He received an $80,000 board seat despite lacking experience in gas or energy in Ukraine.
The White House attempted to distance Joe Biden from his son’s actions by claiming that he was unaware of Hunter’s outreach to the US Ambassador for Italy on behalf of Burisma.
The New York Times reported that a Commerce Department official based in Italy told Hunter Biden that the US government shouldn’t be “actively advocating with the government of Italy” without Burisma first going through the Commerce Department.
Hunter Biden has not yet faced charges related to allegations of acting as a foreign agent in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Excerpt from ABC News:
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, attempted to enlist support from the U.S. Ambassador to Italy in 2016 to arrange a business meeting on behalf of Burisma for a prospective energy deal, according to his attorney.
The New York Times reported that it had secured records related to Hunter Biden’s request after a lengthy legal fight with the State Department. The newspaper said in Tuesday’s news article that it initially filed the request for these records in June 2021 and later sued when the department failed to turn them over.
The Times also reported that a State Department official said the timing of the release of these particular documents — just weeks after Joe Biden ended his presidential campaign — was a coincidence.
The actual text of Hunter Biden’s 2016 letter to Ambassador John Phillips was not included in the documents obtained by the Times. But according to Lowell, Hunter Biden reached out to the embassy to see “if they could make a simple introduction of Burisma’s Geothermal company to the President of Tuscany where such projects were being considered.”
Selina Wang from ABC questioned Karine Jean-Pierre regarding the New York Times article about Hunter Biden.
“The New York Times is reporting that Hunter Biden sought help from a U.S. ambassador on behalf of Burisma while he was on the company’s board and while Biden was vice president. So what’s Biden’s reaction to this, and is he concerned about what this looks like to the American public?” Selina Wang asked KJP.
Karine Jean-Pierre stumbled over her words as she returned to her talking points about Hunter Biden being a private citizen.
“So, I’ll just report what I’ve said before is that the President has never — has never done business with his son and — uh — he was not aware of this and — uh — and for anything further, I would have to refer you to — uh — Hunter Biden’s representative — personal representatives. I can’t speak beyond that, but again, I’ve said this before, the President was not in business with his son, and this is the first time as I — the first time he’s — uh — he was not aware of this — uh — uh — uh and for anything further you would have to reach out to Biden — Hunter Biden,” KJP said.
WATCH:
ABC’s @SelinaWangTV: “The New York Times is reporting that Hunter Biden sought help from a U.S. ambassador on behalf of Burisma while he was on the company’s board and while Biden was vice president. So what’s Biden’s reaction to this, and is he concerned about what this looks… pic.twitter.com/hmLmi3qo88
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 14, 2024
Selina Wang pressed Karine Jean-Pierre: “And, you said from the podium that President Biden would not pardon his son. If Vice President Harris is elected, would he tell her also to not pardon?”
“I mean, that’s a hypothetical that I — look, the President — I could speak for the President — uh — and he said he would not pardon his son, and I’m just going to leave it there,” Karine Jean-Pierre.
WATCH:
ABC’s @SelinaWangTV: “And, you said from the podium that President Biden would not pardon his son. If Vice President Harris is elected, would he tell her also to not pardon?”
KJP: “I mean, that’s a hypothetical that I — look, the President — I could speak for the President — uh… pic.twitter.com/vKRQbQdDAm
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 14, 2024
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