The Department of Justice (DOJ) issues clarification regarding the arrest of Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, amid the ongoing investigation into the Biden family’s shady business dealings.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams sent a letter to a judge in the Southern District of New York on Sunday after House Republicans raised concerns about the timing of his initial letter on Saturday, which urged the court to pick a date for Archer to begin his prison sentence.
“To be clear, the Government does not request (and has never requested) that the defendant surrender before his Congressional testimony,” Williams wrote in the letter.
The federal prosecutor said that after a date is selected, it may take several weeks or months for the defendant to surrender and begin serving a prison sentence, which involves being assigned to a federal facility by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
“Nonetheless, 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,” Williams said.
Although the House Oversight Committee’s plan to speak with Archer appears to be gaining momentum as planned, some members remain skeptical about the DOJ’s motives.
“The weaponized DOJ now ‘clarifies’ they won’t try to prevent Devon Archer from testifying tomorrow,” Republican Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson said. “Witness intimidation & obstruction? Nah, nothing to see here.”
Archer, a former adviser to John Kerry’s presidential campaign, was found guilty of defrauding a Native American tribal entity in 2022 and sentenced to nearly a year in jail; however, the prison term was postponed due to the appeals process.
This comes as the committee is close to unraveling the truth about the Bidens’ shadowy business schemes. Bank records obtained from one of the committee’s subpoenas show that State Energy HK Limited, a company connected to CEFC China Energy, wired $3 million to Rob Walker, a member of the Biden family, in March 2017. Walker then distributed the money over the course of about three months.
Hunter received payments totaling about $610,000 as part of the 2017 agreement, while first brother James Biden received payments totaling about $360,000, and the president’s daughter-in-law, Hallie Biden, received payments totaling about $25,000.
