Through litigation against the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), America First Legal (AFL) uncovered emails confirming that Hunter Biden directly represented Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, before the Obama White House and the Office of the Vice President. At the time, Hunter Biden sat on Burisma’s board and worked at the law firm representing the company. Under federal law, this qualifies him as an “agent of a foreign principal” and requires registration under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

Despite this, the Department of Justice failed to enforce FARA’s requirements. On behalf of the public interest and in pursuit of government accountability, AFL filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for refusing to take action or make a public statement regarding Hunter Biden’s apparent violation of FARA. This case seeks to compel the DOJ to uphold the law equally and remains active in federal court.