Court records show that Devon Archer, an ex-business partner of first son Hunter Biden whose congressional testimony blew wide open an impeachment probe involving alleged Biden family corruption, is also cooperating in an unrelated yet bizarre murder-for-hire plot.<\/p>\n
Archer\u2019s lawyers have leveraged their client\u2019s cooperation in both the Vermont murder-for-hire case and the congressional impeachment inquiry to secure a successful delay of his sentencing last month in a securities fraud case, for which he was convicted in 2018, Just the News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to\u00a0the court docket<\/a>, U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams granted Archer\u2019s motion to argue the sentencing and scheduled a hearing date for Nov. 8, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe primary reason for this request is to allow Mr. Archer to complete his ongoing cooperation with Congressional and Department of Justice investigations, and to allow the Court to have all relevant information about that cooperation at sentencing,\u201d defense lawyer Matthew Schwartz wrote.<\/p>\n Court files indicate that Archer is also serving as a witness in a separate Vermont prosecution involving a murder-for-hire scheme and fraud.<\/p>\n According to a Justice Department press release, the defendants in that case, Serhat Gumrukcu of Los Angeles and Berk Eratay of Las Vegas, were charged with wire fraud related to a murder-for-hire plot and the kidnapping and death of Gregory Davis in January 2018.<\/p>\n Archer is cooperating with investigators because he was a victim of one defendant\u2019s fraud scheme and is not \u201cin any way involved in the alleged criminal conduct in that case,\u201d his lawyer informed the judge.<\/p>\n Archer\u2019s testimony last year became a key element in the House Oversight Committee\u2019s impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden. According to court filings, he has continued to cooperate with the committee\u2019s inquiry.<\/p>\n In 2018, Archer was convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud in a Manhattan federal court for his involvement in a tribal bonds scheme linked to some of Hunter Biden\u2019s associates, although Biden himself was never implicated in that scheme, Just the News reported.<\/p>\n Another defendant in the case, Jason Galanis, later informed the House Oversight Committee that the fraudulent scheme he and Archer set up was intended to raise funds for a hedge fund involving Hunter Biden, a firm his father was expected to join after his vice presidency. Evidence suggests that Hunter Biden was closely associated with Burnham Asset Management, the firm at the center of the fraud scheme.<\/p>\n In February 2022, Archer was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Following an appeal, his legal team argued that he was sentenced based on incorrect guidelines and that his lawyer failed to challenge this error effectively. In May, the federal judge upheld the appeal and ordered a resentencing, the outlet noted further.<\/p>\n Archer\u2019s lawyer indicated that his client is still providing documents to the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees and is actively responding to their inquiries.<\/p>\n The lawyer also stated that Archer is anticipated to testify in open hearings before the House committees in the upcoming weeks, although a specific date had not been scheduled at the time the letter was written on July 16. However, no hearings with Archer have occurred in the month following the letter.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is unclear if President Joe Biden\u2019s decision not to seek reelection just days after Archer\u2019s letter had or will have any effect on the ongoing investigation,\u201d Just the News added.<\/p>\n Last year, Archer testified to the committee that he viewed his former business partner, Hunter Biden, as a \u201clobbyist\u201d who used his \u201cvery powerful name\u201d to secure millions in deals with foreign oligarchs and businesses. This included a Ukrainian energy firm, Burisma, seeking protection from corruption investigations and other legal issues.<\/p>\n In a July 2023 transcribed interview with the Oversight Committee, Archer stated that Joe Biden, as vice president, helped his son strengthen a family \u201cbrand\u201d that attracted foreign clients seeking influence in Washington. The value sometimes included the current president attending dinners or engaging in phone conversations with clients from China, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, the report added.<\/p>\n The post Hunter Biden\u2019s Ex-Partner Cooperating In Strange \u2018Murder-For-Hire\u2019 Prosecution: Report<\/a> appeared first on Conservative Brief<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Court records show that Devon Archer, an ex-business partner of first son Hunter Biden whose congressional testimony blew wide open an impeachment probe involving alleged Biden family corruption, is also cooperating in an unrelated yet bizarre murder-for-hire plot. 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