{"id":4690,"date":"2023-08-01T14:38:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2023-08-01T14:38:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:38:36","slug":"doj-denies-trying-to-jail-hunter-biden-witness-before-tomorrows-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4690","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Denies Trying To Jail Hunter Biden Witness Before Tomorrow\u2019s Testimony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4691\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-6.png 800w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-6-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-6-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-6-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-6-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Update (2030ET):&nbsp;<\/em>The DOJ has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/6306248\/1074\/united-states-v-galanis\/\">responded<\/a>&nbsp;to allegations that they want Hunter Biden witness Devon Archer arrested before tomorrow\u2019s testimony, saying in a statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo be clear,\u00a0<strong>the Government does not request (and has never requested) that the defendant surrender<\/strong>\u00a0before his Congressional testimony,\u201d reads a Sunday night filing<strong>. \u201cFor the avoidance of all doubt,<\/strong>\u00a0the Government requests that any surrender date, should the Court order one, be scheduled to occur after the defendant\u2019s Congressional testimony is completed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: BIDEN DOJ BLINKS &#8211; FILES NEW LETTER ALLOWING DEVON ARCHER TO TESTIFY TOMORROW <br><br>They felt the pressure <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/op8BHgFKGd\">pic.twitter.com\/op8BHgFKGd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jack Poso \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1685816293486739456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"CREEPSHOW\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xXD7i1FTia8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"CREEPSHOW\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xXD7i1FTia8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Justice is pushing a federal judge to jail former Hunter Biden witness Devon Archer&nbsp;<strong>just days ahead of his hotly anticipated congressional testimony,&nbsp;<\/strong>court documents reveal.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/archer%20biden_2.jpg?itok=mdcgHVnG\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, Manhattan federal prosecutors filed a letter asking a judge to set a date for Archer to begin his one-year sentence in a fraud case which is unrelated to Hunter\u2019s various scandals. The request came less than a week after the Second Court of Appeals upheld Archer\u2019s 2018 conviction on two felony charges for his role in a conspiracy to defraud a Native American tribe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archer is scheduled to testify on Monday in front of the House Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaBartiromo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MariaBartiromo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sundaymorningfutures?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sundaymorningfutures<\/a> describing this letter as \u201cobstruction of justice\u201d and decrying \u201cthe lengths to which the Biden legal team has gone to try to intimidate our witnesses, to coordinate with the DOJ and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8a25tsSOAQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/8a25tsSOAQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirandadevine\/status\/1685674959404748800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/30\/doj-tries-to-jail-key-hunter-biden-witness-devon-archer-on-eve-of-congressional-testimony\/\"><em>NY Post<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;notes;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Archer \u2014 who is set to deliver closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee on Monday about Biden \u2014 had been challenging the conviction.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>His attorney, Matthew Schwartz, said he would be filing a formal response to the request from the US Attorney\u2019s Office by Wednesday \u2014 and noted that his client would still testify as planned despite allegations the DOJ letter was an intimidation tactic.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Back in 2009,\u00a0Archer, Biden, and Christopher Heinz co-founded investment and advisory firm Rosemont Seneca Partners,\u00a0which the first son used as a vehicle for many of his overseas business endeavors.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>Archer is expected to testify that Hunter Biden would dial-in his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden during various meetings with overseas partners, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/23\/hunter-biden-put-then-vp-dad-joe-on-the-phone-with-business-associates-at-least-2-dozen-times-ex-partner-devon-archer-to-testify\/\">The Post exclusively reported<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of speculation that the Department of Justice\u2019s weekend request to have Mr. Archer report to prison is an attempt by the Biden administration to intimidate him in advance of his meeting with the House Oversight Committee,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/30\/devon-archer-hunter-biden-testimony-00108902\">said<\/a>Archer\u2019s attorney, Matthew Schwartz, adding that&nbsp;<strong>his client will testify as planned&nbsp;<\/strong>despite allegations that the DOJ letter was an intimidation tactic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, Mr. Archer does not agree with that speculation,\u201d Schwartz added. \u201cIn any case, Mr. Archer will do what he has planned to do all along, which is to show up on Monday and to honestly answer the questions that are put to him by the Congressional investigators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blatant obstruction of a congressional investigation by the DOJ but the media ignores it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MzzGk51XEi\">pic.twitter.com\/MzzGk51XEi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RedVirgo\ud83d\udd25Stacy \ud83d\udd25 (@stacy_redvirgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacy_redvirgo\/status\/1685701158457745408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Devon Archer has just been threatened \ud83d\udca5<br><br>\u201cAnd I am receiving calls from the Southern District of New York from the U.S. Attorney himself.<br>My best friend in business Devon\u2026 has named me as a witness without telling me, in a Criminal case\u2026 and my Father without telling me.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GL0NxV3kbo\">pic.twitter.com\/GL0NxV3kbo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Joni Job (@jj_talking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jj_talking\/status\/1685685916801945600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This shows how scared they are &#8211; which tells you they know they are in real trouble &#8211; which tells you he is guilty\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BzsXf7ZXrq\">https:\/\/t.co\/BzsXf7ZXrq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lara Logan (@laralogan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laralogan\/status\/1685733610576318464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/07\/31\/doj-denies-trying-to-jail-hunter-biden-witness-before-tomorrows-testimony\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/07\/31\/doj-denies-trying-to-jail-hunter-biden-witness-before-tomorrows-testimony\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update (2030ET):&nbsp;The DOJ has&nbsp;responded&nbsp;to allegations that they want Hunter Biden witness Devon Archer arrested before tomorrow\u2019s testimony, saying in a statement: \u201cTo be clear,\u00a0the Government does not request (and has never requested) that the defendant surrender\u00a0before his Congressional testimony,\u201d reads a Sunday night filing. \u201cFor the avoidance of all doubt,\u00a0the Government requests that any surrender date, should the Court order one, be scheduled to occur after the defendant\u2019s Congressional testimony is completed.\u201d The Department of Justice is pushing a federal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunter-biden"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4692,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions\/4692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}