Devon Archer told congressional investigators that Hunter Biden used then-Vice President Joe Biden as “defensive leverage' to send “the right signals' to his foreign business partners, while selling him as “the brand' that offered “capabilities and reach,' as well as a “unique understanding of D.C.'
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, arrives at the O'Neill House Office Building before testifying to the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on July 31, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Archer replied:"Yeah, that’s fair to say…Obviously, that brought the most value to the brand…It was Hunter Biden and him," Archer said."We would discuss having, you know, an understanding of D.C. and that was a differentiating component of us being able to raise capital." Archer served on the board of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings alongside Hunter Biden beginning in 2014 and received $83,000 a month for his work.
One dinner, Archer recalled, took place in the spring of 2014 at Cafe Milano in Washington D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood. Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Archer, Eric Schwerin, the mayor of Moscow’s wife Yelena Baturina, and other business partners attended. Meanwhile, as for Burisma, Archer testified that he and Hunter Biden attended a board of directors meeting in Dubai on Dec. 4, 2015.
"The request is like, can D.C. help?" Archer said, adding, though, that the request was not specific to"can the big guy help."Rep.
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