Hunter’s Biden’s former friend and business partner Devon Archer arrived on Capitol Hill Monday where he is set to give bombshell testimony to the House Oversight Committee that the president was involved in his son’s foreign deals.
Donning a devil-may-care grin, Archer sauntered in 15 minutes late to his 10 a.m. deposition and declined to comment on reporters’ shouted questions. He is expected to give his account of the Biden family business dealings for four to five hours behind closed doors – and to unmask Joe as the ‘big guy.’
He appeared relaxed despite his impending prison sentence.
Archer arrived to speak to investigators as unearthed a laundry list of foreign influence violations Hunter could be charged with after his plea deal dramatically fell apart last week.
Archer’s testimony also comes after a back-and-forth with the Department of Justice claiming it was not trying to have Archer jailed before his deposition over an unrelated fraud conviction.
The DOJ had sent a letter on July 29th to a New York judge calling for Archer’s sentencing to be expedited.
Hunter’s Biden’s former friend and business partner Devon Archer arrived on Capitol Hill Monday where he is set to give bombshell testimony before the House Oversight Committee
Republicans claim the move by DOJ was an attempt to ‘intimidate’ Archer, who they view as being central to providing information that is critical to their ongoing investigation into whether Joe Biden was involved in his son’s foreign business deals.
DOJ seemingly walked back their request in a fresh Sunday filing, telling District Judge Abrams that they do not wish to see Archer imprisoned before he testifies before Congress on Monday on the Biden’s business schemes.
‘To be clear, the Government does not request (and has never requested) that the defendant [Archer] surrender before his Congressional testimony,’ the letter read.
For the avoidance of all doubt, the Government requests that any surrender date, should the Court order one, be scheduled to occur after the defendant’s Congressional testimony is completed.’
Oversight Chairman James Comer said Sunday that the DOJ’s July 29 letter to Abrams was an attempt to ‘intimidate’ the witness he says is key to getting to the bottom of the president’s son’s shady overseas business deals.
Smiling and seemingly relaxed, Archer arrived 15 minutes late to his 10 a.m. deposition and remained silent to reporters’ shouted questions
Archer is expected to give his account of the Biden family business dealings for four to five hours behind closed doors
Judiciary Chair and Oversight member Jim Jordan arrives on Capitol Hill for Archer’s testimony
Hunter Biden, 53, is seen with his father on June 25, as the two continue to be the target of House investigations
DailyMail.com reported exclusively this week that Archer is ‘in hiding’ after receiving ‘threats’ leading up to his bombshell testimony.
Archer’s testimony Monday comes after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy indicated this week that he is mulling opening an impeachment inquiry into President Biden for his ‘lies’ about his involvement in Hunter’s dealings.
Archer, 48, was subpoenaed on June 12 by the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating Hunter’s businesses and whether he and other members of the Biden family improperly traded on their connections.
It is unclear the motivation behind Archer’s decision to testify on Monday. He previously cancelled on the committee at least three times in recent weeks.
Chairman Comer told Fox News’ Larry Kudlow that Archer is appearing before his committee now because after he was subpoenaed, he ‘doesn’t have a whole lot of options.’
He said Republicans planned to hold him in contempt if he did not comply with the subpoena, which doesn’t ‘look good on your resume.’
‘At the end of the day, I think that Archer wants to do the right thing,’ he said. ‘I think he wants to set the record straight and he is going to have an opportunity to do that.’
A close associate of Archer told the New York Post he is testifying about his time working with Hunter because he believes it is his ‘civic duty.’
But Archer is facing legal troubles of his own and is expected to go to prison shortly.
He was sentenced to one year and a day in prison in February 2022 for defrauding a Native American tribal entity and various investment advisory clients of tens of millions of dollars, in connection with the issuance of $60 million in bonds.
He is on the hook with his co-conspirators for $43.4 million in restitution over the fraud.
Archer’s lawyer confirmed his upcoming meeting with Congress, adding that Archer had previously testified to a federal grand jury about his dealings with the Biden family – likely referring to Delaware prosecutor David Weiss’ criminal investigation into the First Son.
‘Devon Archer believes strongly in the rule of law and the democratic system, and is prepared to answer the Committee’s questions just as he has already answered similar questions from a federal grand jury, the Department of Justice, and several other government agencies in their investigations concerning the Biden family,’ said attorney Matthew Schwartz of Boies Schiller Flexner.
‘There have been many leaks and much speculation about Mr. Archer’s potential statement to the Oversight Committee, but next week, Mr. Archer will get to speak for himself.’
The White House has maintained the president was never ‘in business’ with his son, but the GOP have ramped up their investigation with testimonies from whistleblowers and a slew of other evidence.
Archer, 48, and Hunter both graduated from Yale and were friends for decades. Hunter has reportedly described Devon as his ‘best friend in business.’
Together they formed Rosemont Seneca Partners back in 2009, along with Christopher Heinz, the son-in-law of former Sen. John Kerry, kicking off a period of international business deals and jet-setting.
Archer and Hunter Biden each landed lucrative seats on the board of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, despite Hunter not having particular expertise in the field. The firm brought in a reported $11 million through the arrangement, based on information gleaned from Hunter’s infamous laptop.
They were photographed golfing with then-Vice President Biden back in 2014.
Archer is facing legal troubles of his own and is expected to go to prison shortly
Hunter Biden’s friend and business partner Devon Archer, 49, is expected to testify Monday before the House Oversight Committee about their businesses. Devon Archer (far left) is seen playing golf in the Hamptons with Hunter (far right) and Joe (next to Hunter)
Hunter and Archer both graduated from Yale and were friends for decades. They founded their consultancy together, and Hunter reportedly described Devon as his ‘best friend in business.’ The friends are pictured in an undated photo
Hunter’s ex-business partner is planning to testify to the committee that Hunter used this speakerphone call tactic at least two dozen times, according to a New York Post report published Monday.
One alleged example is after a Burisma board meeting in Dubai on December 4, 2015.
Devon allegedly claims Hunter was with him, Burisma owner Nikolai Zlochevsky, and executive Vadym Pozharskyi at the bar of the Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach.
Burisma executive Vadym Pozharskyi allegedly asked Hunter: ‘Can you ring your dad?’
According to the Post report, Hunter called Joe, introduced ‘Nikolai and Vadym’, and told his father they ‘need our support’.
Three days later Joe flew to address the Ukrainian parliament on the ‘poison of cronyism, corruption, and kleptocracy.’
At the time, Zlochevsky was under criminal investigation in Ukraine, and had his assets seized. But in March 2016, after Joe Biden threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin was fired.
Separately, in a 2017 email to Hunter, his uncle Jim and other business partners regarding a deal with Chinese energy conglomerate CEFC, business partner James Gilliar made a reference to the ‘big guy’ getting a 10 percent stake in the lucrative deal.
Another former associate of the first son, US Navy veteran Tony Bobulinski, publicly claimed in October 2020 that ‘big guy’ was a reference to President Biden.