New York Times sues the State Department for emails mentioning Hunter Biden for investigation into whether US officials helped private business interests
Bill Bostock
4 hours ago
The NYT sued the State Department on Monday, asking it to hand over emails mentioning Hunter Biden.
Lawyers for The Times say the department is stalling giving them emails requested under FOIA.
The Times appears to be investigating whether officials helped businesses with links to the US government.
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The New York Times sued the State Department on Monday, seeking access to US embassy emails that mention President Joe Biden's son Hunter, court filings show.
In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, lawyers for The Times requested access to emails sent by officials at the US embassy in Romania between 2015 and 2019 that contain keywords including "Hunter Biden," the filings show.
Politico first reported the existence of the lawsuit.
In the filings, lawyers for The Times said the State Department was stalling in answering a series of requests made under the Freedom of Information Act by the Times reporter Kenneth P. Vogel from June.
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