Hunter Biden ‘failed to disclose $400k in payments from Ukrainian energy company Burisma in 2014’, emails reveal
HUNTER Biden failed to disclose payments from a Ukrainian energy company on his 2014 tax return, a new report claims.
of President-elect allegedly failed to declare a $400,000 in payments from Burisma in an email sent to him on January 16, 2017, .
In the email, Eric Schwerin, president of Biden's firm Rosemont Seneca, told Hunter that his total income for the year was more than $1.2 million.
The news follows confirmation this week that the with China.
NBC News said that it obtained the email from Rudy Giuliani's attorney, Robert Costello, who had access to the laptop that Hunter Biden reportedly left in a Delaware repair shop.
The laptop became the subject of scandal in the run up to the November .
The email from Schwerin read: "In 2014 you joined the Burisma board and we still need to amend your 2014 returns to reflect the unreported Burisma income."
It is not known what, if any, action Hunter Biden took in response to the email or whether he amended his tax returns.
On Wednesday, Hunter confirmed he was the subject of a federal probe by the DoJ, which has been looking into his business affairs since 2018.
A statement on behalf of the Presdient-elect's son said Biden Jnr takes the matter "very seriously".
"I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisors," it continued.
This week it emerged that feds in Delaware and were looking into laundering claims and Hunter's foreign dealings, a source told .
And the reports that the probe involves a which appears to contain documents detailing his dealings in and Ukraine.
The is also looking into transactions with foreigners who may have posed counterintelligence concerns, reports.
What was the Hunter Biden laptop scandal?
The laptop and emails in question were first obtained by the in October.
The Post revealed that 's personal attorney provided them with emails allegedly belonging to Hunter.
The emails, which were retrieved from a laptop hard drive, related to Hunter's work with Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, as well as his work with a Chinese energy firm.
The Post published a "smoking-gun" email that allegedly revealed how Hunter introduced his father to a Ukrainian businessman, Vadym Pozharskyi, when was vice president under .
The Sun cannot independently confirm the authenticity of these documents.
This comes a year after federal agents seized a laptop from a computer repair shop whose owner claims it was left there by Hunter.
Federal authorities in have also launched a criminal probe into a hospital business in which Joe Biden's brother James was involved, another source told Politico.
In October, reported that the in late 2019.
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It is unclear whether the is directly related to Hunter.
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Reacting to the news, the Biden- transition team said that Joe was "deeply proud of his son."
It added that had "fought through difficult challenges, including the vicious personal attacks of recent months, only to emerge stronger."