Joe/Hunter Biden Email Records

Dear Mr. Schaeffer:

Thank you for submitting your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to
the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) via email to
foia@nara.gov. We received your request on December 19, 2022. Your
request concerns *a**ny and all records containing the email messages to
and from the President Joseph Robinette Biden and his son Robert Hunter
Biden detailing dealings with Ukraine - Burisma firms.*

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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 12:38 AM
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Joe/Hunter Biden Email Records
To: <foia@nara.gov>

Nat'l Archives & Records Admin
FOIA Office
Room 3110
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740

December 19, 2022

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following
records:

Any and all records containing the email messages to and from the President
Joseph Robinette Biden and his son Robert Hunter Biden detailing dealings
with Ukraine - Burisma firms.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Anthony Schaeffer

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Dear Mr. Schaeffer:

Attached is our initial response letter to the FOIA request you submitted
on December 19, 2022 for email messages to/from Vice President Biden and
Hunter Biden regarding dealings with Ukraine. We will notify you regarding
the availability of the Biden Vice Presidential records you requested when
processing and the required Presidential Records Act notification is
complete.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Anna Yallouris
Archivist
Archival Operations Division

Good morning,

Thank you for following up on your FOIA request for Biden Vice Presidential
records. There are currently three FOIA requests in our In/Out queue ahead
of your request. We estimate about 4 months which includes processing time
and the required notification period. We will notify you once the records
you requested are available.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Sincerely,
Anna Yallouris

Good morning,

Thank you for following up on your FOIA request for Biden Vice Presidential
records. We have completed processing of your request and it is currently
in the notification period. A copy of the Letter of Notification
<https://www.archives.gov/foia/pra-notifications> can be found here: LW
2023-081
<https://www.archives.gov/files/foia/pra-notifications/pdf/bidenvp/rn-labvp-2023-081.pdf>
.

As stated in the letter, unless the former President, former Vice
President, or incumbent President requests an additional 30 day extension,
NARA will release the records 60 days from the date of the letter, which is
June 22, 2023. You should expect to hear a response from us after the 60
working day period has passed.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

Sincerely,

Anna Yallouris
Archivist
Archival Operations Division

Good morning.

We have completed processing the records responsive to your FOIA request
and the notification period has passed. I have attached our interim
response to your request as well as a finding aid for the records. As
mentioned in the attached letter, the released records are available for
download *here
<https://www.archives.gov/research/vice-presidential-records/biden-records>.*

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Stephannie Oriabure
Director
Archival Operations Division
National Archives and Records Administration