Devon Archer is expected to testify that President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden repeatedly involved his father in business dealings, Breitbart reported. Archer is a former business associate and close friend of the president's son.
Hunter Biden has been accused of shady business dealings and influence peddling involving his then-vice president father. Joe Biden has steadfastly denied such involvement, but Archer's testimony could provide definitive proof.
According to Archer, Hunter Biden used calls to his father as a tactic during business meetings at least 24 times. One call occurred in 2015 during a meeting with Burisma Holdings founder Mykola Zlochevsky and company executive Vadym Pozharskyi.
While Archer and Hunter Biden were seated at a bar at the Four Seasons Resort in Dubai, the Ukrainian men arranged to meet up with the pair to address a pressing matter. When they got there, Pozharskyi asked the younger Biden, "Can you ring your dad?"
He obliged, put the then-vice president on speakerphone, and told Joe Biden that he was speaking with "Nikolai and Vadym." According to Archer, this kind of incident happened several times in his presence.
The same thing reportedly occurred in front of former associate-turned-whistleblower Tony Bobulinski, who first made headlines for his involvement in the infamous deal that included "10 held by H for the big guy." Bobulinski said it was a well-known fact that Joe Biden would drop everything for these calls.
"I am also aware of other Biden family business associates confirming that Joe would take phone calls from Hunter in the middle of business meetings and would weigh in via speakerphone," Bobulinski claimed. “Sitting with Hunter at Chateau Marmont before I first met Joe Biden on May 2, 2017, Hunter was adamant that his father takes his calls at any time, no matter what his lawyers say or with gatekeepers like Kate Bedingfield [former Biden spokesperson] playing interference."
It now appears that Hunter Biden was instrumental in helping Burisma avoid a corruption investigation, thanks to his father's influence. Both father and son were paid $5 million by the company's founder and successfully got the Ukrainian president to fire prosecutor Viktor Shokin to get him off the company's back -- a fact which Joe Biden later bragged about.
Both Archer and Bobulinski disprove Joe Biden's claim that he wasn't involved in his son's business deals. "I've never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings," he told Fox News's Peter Doocy during his presidential campaign in 2019.
"Here's what I know -- I know Trump deserves to be investigated... You should be looking at Trump. Trump's doing this because he knows I'll beat him like a drum," Joe Biden said of his opponent, then-President Donald Trump.
The House Oversight Committee is hoping to hear Archer's testimony soon though previous attempts have been canceled. "We are looking forward very much to hearing from Devon Archer about all the times he has witnessed Joe Biden meeting with Hunter Biden’s overseas business partners when he was vice president, including on speakerphone," the committee said in a statement, according to Fox News.
Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) hammered the president in his own statement Monday. "Joe Biden lied to the American people when he said he knew nothing about his son’s business dealings," he said.
"Evidence continues to be revealed that Joe Biden was very much involved in his family’s corrupt influence peddling schemes, and he likely benefited financially. This includes deals with a corrupt Ukrainian oligarch and a CCP-linked energy company that generated millions for the Bidens and undermined American interests."
Evidence about the Bidens' corruption continues to mount. So far, nothing substantial has come of these investigations, but it's becoming more difficult for Hunter and Joe Biden to evade these serious questions.
