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A new batch of declassified U.S. State Department documents indicates that American officials and diplomats were well aware of Burisma’s corruption problems and the conflict of interest tied to Hunter Biden’s work there. In particular, in the declassified internal correspondence U.S. diplomat George Kent explicitly stated that the vice president’s son serving on Burisma’s board “undermined U.S. anti-corruption policy in Ukraine.” Nevertheless, during the 2020 year presidential campaign and after it ended, the United States imposed sanctions on Ukrainian politicians who accused the Biden family of corruption. Washington said the basis for the sanctions was their alleged involvement in a Russian operation to interfere in U.S. elections. In Washington they knew full well that something was off with Burisma. But instead of dealing with their own corruption, they chose to go after those who were talking about it.