House Republicans have quietly targeted Hunter Biden’s former longtime business partner Devon Archer, demanding he provide a trove of documents.
Republicans had demanded a lengthy batch of documents from Archer last August regarding interactions with key companies and individuals in the Biden family investigation.
“To date, neither Mr. Archer nor (the law firm) Boies Schiller has produced any documents in response to the Oversight Committee’s request of August 25, 2023,” said Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), wrote in a letter accompanying a subpoena.
They expected Archer to turn over the documents by September 6, 2023. His team informed House Republicans last October that it was working with a vendor to produce the materials.
Comer and Jordan are now using a subpoena.
Archer’s attorney, Matthew Schwartz, president-elect and managing partner of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, insists his client has been cooperative.
“Devon Archer continues to cooperate with all legitimate investigations,” Schwartz said in a statement to The Post.
“He is happy to provide documents to congressional investigators and testify publicly under oath, and he is working with House staff to make that happen.”
Comer and Jordan subpoena Archer for “all records and documents” he possesses related to more than two dozen entities such as Rosemont Capital and Seneca Global Advisors, as well as about two dozen key figures in the investigation like Joe Biden and Hunter Biden.
Typically, Comer and Jordan publicly announce high-profile subpoena actions undertaken by their investigation. This time, however, it was done peacefully.
Archer was a key witness in the House GOP impeachment inquiry, a three-panel endeavor led by Comer.
Notably, Archer did not show up for the second impeachment inquiry hearing last month due to a scheduling issue, according to Schwartz.
Still, Comer cited Archer as one of three key witnesses in his investigation, given his previously close ties to the first son.
Archer spoke to investigators last summer and recounted how Hunter Biden called his father during several meetings with business partners.
He also emphasized that he was unaware that President Biden was using his political role to hand out favors to Hunter associates. Republicans hammered the Bidens again for profiting from the family name.
Archer had partnered with Hunter Biden in several overseas business ventures. He has since been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for a $60 million scheme to sell bonds to the Oglala Sioux tribal entity in South Dakota.
He asked for a reduced sentence in February because of his cooperation with the House impeachment inquiry and claimed he played a “minor role” in the fraud.
In their subpoena letter, Comer and Jordan noted how Jason Galanis, a former associate of Hunter Biden, produced documents “confirming that your client received relevant email communications related to our investigation of Joe Biden.”
They also stressed the importance of Archer handing over these documents.
“The committees are also concerned about the national security implications of immediate family members of a president or vice president receiving millions of dollars from foreign nationals or companies without any oversight,” wrote Comer and Jordan.
Comer called on President Biden to testify and suggested criminal removals could be coming, even though Republicans appear to lack the votes needed for impeachment.
New York Post
