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More emails show Hunter Biden’s involvement in White House affairs while
father was vice president

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President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance,
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By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times - Tuesday, September 5, 2023

A search of President Biden’s official email records from his time as
vice president has uncovered more than 1,000 emails between his office
and Rosemont Seneca Partners, the business development company owned by
son Hunter Biden and an associate who helped rake in millions of dollars
for Biden family members.

The emails, released by America First Legal, show that Hunter Biden was
closely involved in planning critical White House events. He never held
an official government role while his father was vice president.

Among the events were the January 2011 China state luncheon, the June
2011 arrival ceremony for the German chancellor, the March 2012 Britain
state dinner and visit, the May 2013 Turkey state luncheon, and the 2014
France state dinner, which Hunter Biden attended.

A public records request and a lawsuit filed by America First Legal has
yielded hundreds more emails sent or received to the office of the vice
president from Hunter Biden’s company, Rosemont Seneca.

The conservative-leaning foundation has received from the National
Archives and Records Administration more than 1,000 emails between
Hunter Biden’s company and Mr. Biden’s vice presidential office.
Foundation officials say the emails show that Hunter Biden was using his
access to the White House “to benefit those involved with Rosemont Seneca.”

The National Archives is withholding more than 5,000 White House emails
from congressional investigators seeking messages using aliases for
then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden. Archives officials said the
Presidential Records Act requires approval from Mr. Biden and former
President Barack Obama before providing them to Congress.

Mr. Biden used at least three email aliases while serving as vice
president, and House investigators sought access to the messages as part
of their probe into whether he engaged in illegal influence peddling.

The Washington Times reported in July on one such email, sent in May
2016 from Mr. Biden’s assistant to Hunter Biden at his Rosemont Seneca
email address, alerting the vice president’s son to an upcoming call
between Mr. Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

At the time, Hunter Biden was paid a million-dollar annual salary to
serve on the board of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, which was seeking
Mr. Biden’s help in staving off a corruption probe.

In response to a public records request, the National Archives released
the email looping in Hunter Biden to the Poroshenko call.

The White House has blocked the National Archives from releasing 200
emails from that period under the Presidential Records Act. It claims
the messages would “disclose confidential advice” between Mr. Biden and
his advisers.

Hundreds of other emails were cleared for at least partial release, and
they document regular correspondence between Rosemont Seneca and the
White House office of the vice president.

In one email sent in June 2013, Hunter Biden wrote from his Rosemont
Seneca email address to request a White House tour for the mother and
daughter of his business associate at Third Point LLC, a hedge fund run
by Democratic billionaire donor Daniel S. Loeb.

According to America First Legal, emails found on Hunter Biden’s
abandoned laptop computer showed Rosemont Seneca was working with Third
Point to raise “billions of dollars from China’s sovereign wealth fund,
CIC.”

In a December 2013 email, Katie Dodge, an executive assistant at
Rosemont Seneca, wrote to Kellen Suber in the office of the vice
president asking for “a Christmas Miracle” and a “Big favor for Hunter”
by ensuring a lobbyist friend of Hunter Biden’s business partner Eric
Schwerin could secure a last-minute White House tour to see the holiday
decorations.

In an August 2013 email, Ms. Dodge wrote to Kerry J. McNellis, a new
staffer in the office of the vice president, seeking a letter from Mr.
Biden on behalf of a business associate, Timothy Stanton of HSA
Commercial. Mr. Stanton wanted the vice president to write a letter
commending an elderly World War II Navy veteran.

In her mail to Ms. McNellis, Ms. Dodge wrote, “Welcome to the team, Kerry!”

A spokesman for Mr. Biden did not immediately respond to a request for a
comment about the emails.

Stephen Miller, president of America First Legal, said he will continue
to seek more emails from the National Archives that he believes will
show corruption in the Biden vice presidency. Mr. Miller was a top
adviser to President Trump.

“As a result of our FOIA and subsequent lawsuit against the National
Archives, we will continue to receive large tranches of emails, which we
can only assume will document yet further evidence of massive corruption
at the highest levels of government,” Mr. Miller said. “We will also
litigate the White House’s assertion of executive privilege to redact
and conceal hundreds of records from public view that involve Hunter and
Rosemont Seneca, an outrageous abuse and coverup.”

• Susan Ferrechio can be reached at sferrechio@washingtontimes.com.