WASHINGTON — First son Hunter Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer told lawmakers this week that Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings brought the political scion onto its board…
that Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings brought the political scion onto its board so that “people would be intimidated to mess with them … legally.”
Archer also told the House Oversight Committee that most of $3.5 million wired in February 2014 by former first lady of Moscow Yelena Baturina — who attended one of those dinners with then-VP Biden and his son — was in turn transferred to a firm co-owned by Archer and Hunter Biden, after its initial receipt by an entity that Biden defenders had insisted was solely controlled by Archer.
“I believe the first one was, like, a birthday dinner, and then the second was — I think we were supposed to talk about the World Food Program. So there was some talk about that,” Archer said during questioning.
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