Posted on 07/31/2023 5:33:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Hunter Biden’s business partner Devon Archer sat for a transcribed interview with members of the House Oversight Committee and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Monday.
While the interview was still ongoing, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) addressed reporters on a break to try and minimize the impact of Archer’s testimony, acknowledging that Hunter Biden frequently placed his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, on speakerphone while meeting with business associates but attempting to handwave the significance away as just “talking about the weather” and other niceties.
As the interview was drawing to a close on Monday afternoon, George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley joined Bill Hemmer and Gillian Turner on Fox News to weigh in on the information that has emerged from the interview thus far, specifically from Fox News reporter Chad Pergram, who spoke to an unnamed source. Turley has previously opined that Joe Biden “clearly lied” throughout his presidency to the American people about his involvement with Hunter’s business dealings, both himself and through his representatives. On Monday, Turley reiterated that point but asked the ultimate question regarding the president’s actions: “Why did he lie?”
While it may be several days until a transcript of the interview is released and the American public can fully assess Archer’s testimony, Turley drove home some key points in this segment.
Asked whether he believes the Bidens’ story regarding the extent of Joe’s involvement with Hunter’s business dealings is slipping, Turley said:
Well, it’s breathtaking that Representative Goldman would come out of this meeting, from what we’ve learned from Chad, and say that “It was just a dad being a dad.” It’s really unbelievable.
You know, you have now an account of these meetings talking about getting rid of Viktor Shokin, the prosecutor, and calls being made to the Vice President at that time, Joe Biden. You have an account of over 20 such calls. And you have someone who says, “Yes, the President was part of ‘moving the brand.'”
Well, what was the brand? I mean, this was an influence-peddling brand, and the object of that influence peddling was Joe Biden. He was an essential part of that, and he played that role. So, if this is true, and I’ve no doubt of the reporting of Chad, then the President has lied. He lied during the presidential debate, he’s lied for years, and he’s had staff at the White House lie – that’s always a serious matter. And the next question is: Why did he lie?
Regarding the White House’s insistence that this is a personal matter or family matter and whether they could continue to make that case, Turley observed:
No. This was a family business, not a family matter. The Bidens have always been in the business of influence peddling – they have for years. And even some of the media that protects him has admitted that – that Joe Biden’s brother and Hunter actively sought to engage in influence peddling – the view of most of us. I mean, this was a classic operation. But what’s different is the level of involvement of then-Vice-President Joe Biden – direct involvement.
And it’s insulting to tell the American people that this is just a “private family matter.” What do you think influence peddling is? I mean, this is not, you know, “Can we get an invitation to the Biden Delaware beach house?” This was, “Can we get influence in the administration? Can we count Joe Biden as part of this “brand” and this team?
Asked of the import of the fact that many of the stories Republicans have been discussing regarding the Bidens appear now to be backed up by what is known of Archer’s statements, Turley summed the situation up thusly:
The thing is, look, we have to put aside the Democratic denials. We’re not going to get people like Goldman or others to admit what is clear evidence now of influence peddling, false statements, special dealings – all of that is well-established. And the American people aren’t buying it, you know, for all these denials, the polls show that they see this for what it is.
So we’re back to the question of Speaker McCarthy, when he said a few days ago: “What do you want me to do about this? I mean, do you want me just to walk away?” We now have one of the closest friends of Hunter Biden saying, “Yeah, we sold access, essentially – this was our ‘brand’ – the Vice President, Joe Biden, was directly involved.” Do we walk away from that? Or do you get answers for that? Because nobody outside of Washington is going to view this as a family matter.”
Devon Archer reportedly will not be under oath in House Oversight testimony
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports from Capitol Hill, where Devon Archer is set to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6332186365112#:~:text=Devon%20Archer%20reportedly%20will%20not%20be%20under%20oath%20in%20House%20Oversight%20testimony
That would be the “theory of the case” any reasonable prosecutor would employ.
— Hillary Clinton
Hey Goldman, you can put all the perfume you want on Biden’s $hit, it still stinks.
I will withhold any conclusions until I hear what Raskin thinks /s
The Vice-President takes 20 calls from his son to talk about the weather.
Hillary Clinton destroys 33,000 emails about yoga and Chelsie's wedding.
Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch sit in an airplane on the tarmac at a busy Phoenix airport and talk about golf and grandchildren.
We pay these people too much.
-PJ
Devon Archer, testified today that Joe Biden met with Russia’s Yelena Baturina, Putin's friend, (above) who later invested $40 million in Hunter Biden’s real estate ventures.
She also paid Hunter Biden $3.5 million in consulting fees.
Q. What did Yelena Baturina, the billionaire widow of a corrupt Moscow mayor, get for all that money to the Bidens?
A. She was left off of Biden’s Sanctions list.
But this is (D)ifferent.
If the right people in the FBI are on the payroll you can do this for 50 plus years in the CONgress
Democrats got strange obsessions.
<><>Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) says Hunter “called to tell him” he just placed his father, then VP Joe Biden, on a speakerphone while meeting with foreign business associates to “talk about the weather” and other niceties.
<><>In sum, the Vice-President takes 20 calls from his son to talk about “the weather” with his son’s foreign investors.... needing a favor.
<><>Hillary Clinton destroys 33,000 emails about recipes, yoga and Chelsea’s wedding.
<><>Bill Clinton and AG Loretta Lynch accidentally meet at a busy Phoenix airport and talk about golf.... and about grandchildren they dont even have.
Oath or no oath...doesn’t matter....you can’t lie under either condition.
Now kick ‘em in the ass with Bobalinski.
I always used to call my father to talk about the weather when I was meeting on a business deal with foreign nationals. He never got mad about my wasting his time or mine and the foreigners really appreciated the family touch.
Anybody who still supports the Democrats has a criminal heart.
If you put in $10,001.00 of your own cash in a bank you get tagged but the Bidens can bring in millions from offshore and it’s fine?
It’s so surprising that this comes as news. As if the Biden family produced anything other than access afforded to them by their ability to be elected to office— or a relative to. Particularly the philandering drug addled dishonorably discharged offspring of the elder Biden.
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