{"id":4591,"date":"2023-08-01T00:23:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T00:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4591"},"modified":"2023-08-01T01:21:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T01:21:05","slug":"hunter-biden-friend-testimony-ramps-up-investigation-into-presidential-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4591","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden Friend Testimony Ramps Up Investigation into Presidential Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

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House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., laid out a litany of new evidence in the ongoing investigation into an alleged Biden family \u201cbribery scheme\u201d Monday after interviewing one of the Biden family\u2019s business associates.<\/p>\n

Comer interviewed Devon Archer, a long-time friend of Hunter Biden who attended Yale with him and has ties to the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Hunter Biden served on the board of Burisma, which allegedly paid millions of dollars to the Biden family as part of a \u201cbribery scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDevon Archer\u2019s testimony today confirms Joe Biden lied to the American people when he said he had no knowledge about his son\u2019s business dealings and was not involved. Joe Biden was \u2018the brand\u2019 that his son sold around the world to enrich the Biden family,\u201d Comer said.<\/p>\n

Most notably, Comer said that Archer alleged that President Biden met with Hunter Biden\u2019s business partners\u00a0<\/strong>more than \u201c20 times,\u201d\u00a0directly refuting the president\u2019s previous claim that he did not discuss the matter with his son.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Joe Biden was Vice President of the United States, he joined Hunter Biden\u2019s dinners with his foreign business associates in person or by speakerphone over 20 times,\u201d Comer said. \u201cWhen Burisma\u2019s owner was facing pressure from the Ukrainian prosecutor investigating the company for corruption, Archer testified that Burisma executives asked Hunter to \u2018call D.C.\u2019 after a Burisma board meeting in Dubai.\u201d<\/p>\n

Biden has repeatedly dismissed questions about his involvement in any overseas deals of this kind and Democrats have downplayed the seriousness of the investigation, including Archer\u2019s contribution.<\/p>\n

Comer\u2019s comments come after IRS whistleblowers\u00a0testified<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0earlier this month that the Biden family and its associates received about $17 million distributed to about 20 shell companies from Chinese, Romanian and Ukrainian entities.<\/p>\n

The comments came after a four-hour transcribed interview behind closed doors with Archer, who had previously canceled the interview but finally went through with it Monday. Archer, who faces prison time for conspiracy to defraud a Native American tribe, declined to comment to reporters who questioned him as he arrived on Capitol Hill Monday.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, controversy erupted after the Department of Justice sent a letter to a federal judge saying that Archer report to jail to begin his sentence.<\/p>\n

Critics blasted the decision from the DOJ, saying it was politically motivated, though Archer did not echo that sentiment.<\/p>\n

The House Oversight Committee released a timeline of events Monday based on Archer\u2019s testimony and version of events.<\/p>\n

From the Committee:<\/p>\n