Devon Archer to testify in exec session to House Oversight Committee

Mr. Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, will speak to the House Oversight Committee in executive session. He apparently has evidence detailing Hunter’s business dealings – and possible connections with his father, President Joe Biden.

The drama surrounding Devon Archer

Devon Archer, at last report, was due to appear in an executive, or closed, session with the House Oversight Committee. Presumably this will take place in the Sam Rayburn House Office Building, where the Committee has its offices. The Committee calendar makes no mention of a session with Devon Archer. But the Committee issued a press release yesterday saying they were investigating Hunter’s art dealings for possible influence peddling activity.

But the Committee is more interested in his business dealings in and with Russia, China, Ukraine and Romania. CNAV has reported extensively on Hunter Biden’s business dealings, and Congressional investigation of same, over two months. (See here, here, here, and here.) Devon Archer is the closest business associate of Hunter Biden to speak to investigators thus far.

Witness tampering?

Devon Archer apparently already has a federal conviction for which he has not served his sentence. In 2018 a court convicted him in a conspiracy to issue and sell more than $60 million in Native American tribal bonds. A court sentenced him to a year and a day in prison, but he has repeatedly delayed surrendering. When Archer signaled his willingness to testify to Congress, the Justice Department abruptly sought to arrest him immediately. Or such was the initial impression, though the letter from United States Attorney Damian Williams to Judge Ronnie Abrams is somewhat ambiguous. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), Committee Chairman, warned of reprisals if Archer did not or could not appear before the Committee.

Politico.com insisted that the court won’t decide on Archer’s surrender to federal authorities until after today’s session. But BizPacReview suggested the Justice Department seemed to have “canceled” their plans to get Archer into custody to stop him from testifying.

The following posts to Platform X might or might not shed light on the tangled relationships, or what the Justice Department is trying to accomplish.

Obviously some “reader(s)” has/have been frightfully busy “adding context” to these posts by commentators and Members of Congress. Finally Catherine Herridge shared this image of a statement by Archer’s attorney, Matthew L. Schwartz:

Late last night, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) reported on “clarification” by the Justice Department: