{"id":4767,"date":"2023-08-04T16:06:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4767"},"modified":"2023-08-04T16:06:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:06:09","slug":"devon-archer-believes-burisma-needed-biden-brand-to-avoid-legal-trouble-transcript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4767","title":{"rendered":"Devon Archer Believes Burisma Needed Biden \u2018Brand\u2019 To Avoid Legal Trouble: Transcript"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The congressional testimony of Devon Archer, the former business associate and confidant of Hunter Biden, has been released<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><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-27-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4768\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-27-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-27-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-27-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-27-770x417.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-27-293x159.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-27-390x211.png 390w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-27.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Devon Archer, the former business associate and confidant of Hunter Biden, told the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability that Ukrainian energy company Burisma employed Archer and Biden because the Biden family \u201cbrand\u201d would help the embattled company avoid legal battles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today Rep. James Comer, who chairs the committee, released the full transcript of Archer\u2019s testimony to Congress. In excerpts of the testimony&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-releases-devon-archers-transcribed-interview-transcript%EF%BF%BC\/\">made available<\/a>&nbsp;on the House website, Archer stressed that the Biden \u201cbrand\u201d was a significant value to Burisma, where Hunter made more than $80,000 per month to sit on the board despite his extreme lack of experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked how he knew the value of the Biden \u201cbrand\u201d was of paramount value to the company, Archer replied, \u201cMy basis for knowing that? Well, I think there was \u2011\u2011 there are particular, you know, objectives that Burisma was trying to accomplish. And a lot of it\u2019s about opening doors, you know, globally in D.C.\u00a0 And I think that, you know, that was the, you know \u2011\u2011 and then obviously having those doors opened, you know, sent the right signals, you know, for Burisma to, you know, carry on its business and be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He later said that Burisma \u201cwas able to survive for as long as it did\u201d only \u201cbecause of the brand,\u201d and clarified that Hunter and his family name provided the ability to \u201cbe in the news cycle.\u201d It also made Burisma\u2019s detractors \u201cafraid to mess with them\u201d \u201clegally\u201d because of the family name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archer also detailed the business meetings in which Hunter would call father Joe to speak to a room on speaker phone, or when he would privately speak to the then-Vice President and return to a business meeting, and revealed that Hunter regularly stressed his close relationship with his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut he \u2011\u2011 they spoke every day,\u201d said Archer. He added that Hunter \u201cacknowledged that they spoke every day,\u201d and \u201cwould sometimes make it apparent that he spoke to his dad, and sometimes he put him on speaker.\u201d Archer confirmed that he remembers witnessing \u201cmaybe 20\u201d calls between Hunter and Joe Biden, and acknowledged that Joe was on speaker phone for some of those calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one business meeting, Archer recalls Burisma asking if Hunter could obtain \u201chelp from D.C.\u201d Joe Biden\u2019s name was not mentioned directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archer explained that the request was in response to \u201cgovernment pressure from Ukrainian Government investigations\u201d that may have related to Viktor Shokin, a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating Burisma when Joe Biden threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. funding unless he was fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo the best, I vaguely \u2011\u2011 whether it was Shokin, I vague \u2011\u2011 there was a lot of pressure initially,\u201d said Archer. \u201cIt was kind of a theme of Burisma.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained, \u201cThere was capital tied up in London, 23 million pounds. There was, you know, a U.S. visa denied and then a Mexico visa denied. And then there was \u2011\u2011 so Shokin wasn\u2019t specifically on my radar as being an individual that was \u2011\u2011 that was targeting him.&nbsp; But yes, there was constant pressure.&nbsp; And it was like \u2011\u2011 it was like whack\u2011a\u2011mole in regards to the pressures that had to resolve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, Archer stressed that the request was not, specifically, for Hunter to involve his father in the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe request \u2011\u2011 you know, basically the request is like, can D.C. help? But there were not \u2011\u2011 you know, I\u2019m not going to \u2011\u2011 there were not \u2011\u2011 it wasn\u2019t like \u2011\u2011 there weren\u2019t specific, you know, can the big guy help? It was \u2011\u2011 it\u2019s always this amorphous, can we get help in D.C.?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later pressed again, Archer side stepped, saying Hunter \u201cwas a lobbyist and an expert,\u201d but acknowledged that \u201cobviously he carried, you know, a very powerful name. So I think it was \u2013 that\u2019s what they were asking for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After testifying before Congress, Archer<a href=\"https:\/\/valiantnews.com\/2023\/08\/tucker-interviews-biden-business-partner-devon-archer-presents-letter-from-then-vp-joe\/\">\u00a0appeared with Tucker Carlson on \u201cTucker on Twitter\u201d<\/a>\u00a0for an 11 minute interview in which he revealed a signed letter from Joe Biden, acknowledging Archer\u2019s business with Hunter and thanking him before apologizing for not being able to spend time with the men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/valiantnews.com\/2023\/08\/devon-archer-believes-burisma-needed-biden-brand-to-avoid-legal-trouble-transcript\/\">https:\/\/valiantnews.com\/2023\/08\/devon-archer-believes-burisma-needed-biden-brand-to-avoid-legal-trouble-transcript\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The congressional testimony of Devon Archer, the former business associate and confidant of Hunter Biden, has been released Devon Archer, the former business associate and confidant of Hunter Biden, told the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability that Ukrainian energy company Burisma employed Archer and Biden because the Biden family \u201cbrand\u201d would help the embattled company avoid legal battles. Today Rep. James Comer, who chairs the committee, released the full transcript of Archer\u2019s testimony to Congress. 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