Hunter Biden in 2016 sought assistance from the State Department for the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, which had been working on a geothermal project in Italy, while his father was vice president, according to a letter published last week by the agency, reports The New York Times.

The Times reported on the request last August, although the letter, sent on Burisma letterhead to the U.S. ambassador to Italy, provides further details.

Hunter Biden in his letter to then-U.S. ambassador to Rome John Phillips asked for his “support and guidance in arranging a meeting or representatives from Burisma with the President of Tuscany Region, Mr. Enrico Rossi” — writing in that message, “It was great seeing you in Rome recently.”

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