Hunter Biden’s Former Business Partner: Joe Biden Was ‘The Brand’ To Send ‘Signals’ To Burisma

As revealed in the newly-released transcript of his congressional testimony, Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner who served with him on the Burisma board of directors, told the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability that then-Vice President Joe Biden was “the brand” that his son Hunter sold around the world.

“You’ve had other conversations with Hunter Biden,” James Mandolfo, the general counsel and chief of investigations for the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, noted, adding, “You were his business partner for a long time.”

“Did he talk about how bringing his dad either to Ukraine or using his dad as Vice President would add value in the eyes of Burisma officials?” Mandolfo asked.

“Yes,” Archer answered.

“And how would that come up?” Mandolfo asked.

“I just think it’s almost — it’s pretty obvious if you’re, you know, you’re the son of a Vice President,” Archer answered. “He would — we would not talk specifically about — you know, he would not be so overt. And I think that’s, you know, I think that’s another obvious point, that he would not say, okay, we’re going to — we’re — you know, I’m overtly — we’re going to use my dad for this. But I think he would — you know, given the brand, I think he would look to, you know, to get the leverage from it”

Mandolfo cited a note from Hunter Biden to Archer dated April 22, 2014.

“Essentially, Hunter Biden copies and pastes what appears to be a quote from his father’s speech while Vice President Biden was in the Ukraine,” Mandolfo noted. “You then respond, ‘Wow. We need to make sure this ragtag temporary government in the Ukraine understands the value of Burisma to its very existence.’ Hunter Biden then said, ‘You should send to Vadym’ — and who is Vadym again?”

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“Vadym is the corporate secretary of Burisma,” Archer answered.

Mandolfo continued, “It makes it look like we are adding value.’’

“Would you agree with me this isn’t legal advice that’s adding value here that Hunter Biden is giving, the value add that Hunter Biden brings to Burisma is Vice President Biden?” Mandolfo suggested.

“The value that Hunter Biden brought to it was having — you know, there was — the theoretical was corporate governance, but obviously, given the brand, that was a large part of the value. I don’t think it was the sole value, but I do think that was a key component of the value,” Archer said.

“You keep saying ‘the brand,’ but by ‘brand’ you mean the Biden family, correct?” Mandolfo inquired.

“Correct,” Archer answered.

“When you say ‘Biden family’ … You aren’t talking about Dr. Jill or anybody else. You’re talking about Joe Biden. Is that fair to say?” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) interjected.

“Yeah, that’s fair to say,” Archer replied, adding, “Obviously, that brought the most value to the brand.”

Mandolfo asked Archer what was the basis for knowing that Hunter Biden’s family was “adding value.”

“My basis for knowing that?” Archer answered. “Well, I think there was — there are particular, you know, objectives that Burisma was trying to accomplish. And a lot of it’s about opening doors, you know, globally in D.C. And I think that, you know, that was the, you know — 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.”

Archer later added, “My only thought is that I think Burisma would have gone out of business if it didn’t have the brand attached to it. That’s my, like, only honest opinion.”

He added that Hunter Biden being on the board was why Burisma “was able to survive for as long as it did,” emphasizing “just because of the brand,” and that the impact for Burisma included “the capabilities to navigate D.C. that they were able to, you know, basically be in the news cycle. And I think that preserved them from a, you know, from a longevity standpoint.”

Asked how that would work, Archer answered, “Because people would be intimidated to mess with them.” When asked “in what way,” Archer replied, “Legally.”

Trump Pleads Not Guilty To 2020 Election Charges During D.C. Arraignment

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to four alleged crimes related to the January 6, 2020, Capitol riot and 2020 election on Thursday.

Trump was arraigned in a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., after a grand jury voted Tuesday to indict the former president on counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

Trump attorney Alina Habba spoke outside the D.C. courthouse, accusing the Department of Justice of targeting Trump to cover up negative news about President Joe Biden and his family.

“This is election interference at its finest against the leading candidate, right now, for president of either party. President Trump is under siege in a way that we have never seen before,” Habba said.

"This is election interference at its finest against the leading candidate right now for president."

🚨MUST WATCH: Trump attorney Alina Habba speaks outside DC courthouse. pic.twitter.com/bAYwhrV7Af

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 3, 2023

Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social, ahead of the court hearing, accusing Biden of corruption.

“Biden and his family steal Millions and Millions of Dollars, including BRIBES from foreign countries, and I’m headed to D.C. to be ARRESTED for protesting a CROOKED ELECTION. UNFAIR VENUE, UNFAIR JUDGE. We are a Nation in Decline. MAGA!” Trump posted.

This week’s indictment against Trump is the third in roughly four months, piling court battle on top of court battle while Trump campaigns for the Republican nomination for president in 2024. The indictment is also the second from Smith. The first indictment, up for trial in Florida, accuses Trump of mishandling classified documents stored in Mar-a-Lago after his exit from the White House in 2021.

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Republicans have largely condemned the latest indictment, calling it a product of a weaponized Department of Justice. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) called the indictment the “DOJ’s attempt to distract … and attack the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, President Trump.”

McCarthy has threatened impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden over evidence that Biden allegedly sold influence to foreign countries through his son, Hunter.

Trump is facing a bevy of trials during some of the heaviest parts of the campaign season. He is due to face trial in New York on March 25 over alleged hush money Trump paid to the porn star known as Stormy Daniels. The indictment alleges 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in order to cover up the payments.

Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis is investigating Trump over allegations of election tampering. Willis is expected to conclude her investigation and seek an indictment against Trump in the next few weeks.

The former president is also facing two civil trials, a business fraud trial in New York and a defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, who has already won once case against Trump after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse in May.

Trump is not required to attend civil trials in person, though he will have to sit through criminal trials.

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