Hunter Biden lobbied the Obama administration for help with his infamous Burisma deal, according to a bombshell letter.
Biden's letter to the Italian embassy, reported by the New York Times, is tangible evidence of how the son of former vice president Joe Biden - who pardoned Hunter late last year - leveraged his political influence to promote his and his partners' business interests.
Hunter Biden infamously received an $80,000 per month salary for dubious "work" on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company.
In his 2016 letter, addressed to U.S. ambassador to Italy John Phillips, Biden asked for a meeting with a regional honcho in Tuscany to smooth out regulatory hurdles for a Burisma subsidiary. Biden added in the letter, "It was great seeing you in Rome recently.”
Hunter received a warm response from Phillips promising to assist and "see where our interests may overlap."
"Dear Hunter, It seems like yesterday that you were in Rome. I hope this finds you well. Thank you for your letter. I know Enrico Rossi well and have a good working relationship with him,” the ambassador wrote in a response printed by the New York Times.
Former vice president Joe Biden stayed at the ambassador's residence in Rome for three days in 2015, Phillips told the Times. Hunter accompanied his father on the trip.
Of course, the Times has faced criticism over its belated interest in covering the Biden family's business dealings. To many, it appears the curiosity of the liberal media has been awakened only because Joe Biden is no longer in power.
For years, any intimation of wrongdoing by Hunter or his father was dismissed by the media as a Republican smear - even as evidence piled up showing that Biden was in contact with his son's business associates.
Democrats and their media allies dismissed House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into former President Biden by pointing to the absence of specific policy favors - an objection that appears weaker than ever in light of the Times' reporting on Hunter's cozy contacts with the State Department.
The Bidens' shield of media protection started to unravel last year when Joe Biden showed his own party that he was not up to the task of winning re-election against Donald Trump.
One of Joe Biden's last ignominious acts before leaving office was to pardon Hunter for any crimes he may have committed in a 10-year period, extending to the year he began working at Burisma.
