Recent reports from The New York Times reveal that Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, sought assistance from the US State Department in 2016 for a deal involving a Ukrainian gas company, Burisma, while his father was vice president. Hunter Biden, who was a board member at Burisma at the time, reached out to the US ambassador to Italy regarding regulatory approval for a geothermal project in Tuscany.
The documents released by the State Department in response to a public records request shed light on Hunter Biden's efforts to facilitate a meeting between Burisma and the president of the Tuscany region. However, the project never came to fruition, and there is uncertainty about whether the US Embassy actively supported Burisma's endeavors.