{"id":1981651,"date":"2023-07-24T18:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-best-friend-testified-before-grand-jury-about-the-biden-family-lawyer-says\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T18:54:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:54:59","slug":"hunter-bidens-best-friend-testified-before-grand-jury-about-the-biden-family-lawyer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-best-friend-testified-before-grand-jury-about-the-biden-family-lawyer-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s close associate testified before a grand jury regarding the Biden family, according to their lawyer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunter-bidens-best-friend-testified-before-grand-jury-about-the-biden-family-lawyer-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981651&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Hunter Biden Associate Testifies Before Grand Jury, Prepares for House Oversight Committee \u2064Interview<\/h2>\n<p>Hunter Biden associate Devon Archer has\u200b testified before a federal grand\u200d jury regarding the \u2062Biden family and plans to be interviewed by the\u200c House Oversight Committee next week, his attorney said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Schwartz, who represents\u2064 Archer, told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that Archer has met with numerous\u2064 investigators regarding the\u200b Biden family.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Devon Archer \u2063believes\u200b strongly in the rule of law and the democratic system, and is prepared to answer the Committee\u2019s questions just as he has already answered \u200csimilar questions from a\u200d federal \u200cgrand jury, the Department of Justice, \u200cand several other government agencies \u2064in their investigations concerning the Biden\u200b family,&#8221; Schwartz said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the <em>New York Post<\/em>, Archer plans \u2064to tell the Oversight \u2064panel that he\u200c was with Hunter Biden on <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/report-hunter-biden-phoned-dad-dozens-of-times-during-foreign-business-meetings-associate-will-testify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than two\u2063 dozen occasions<\/a> \u2063when the embattled first\u200b son called his father\u2062 during meetings with foreign business partners.\u2064 The <em>Post<\/em> reported Archer will testify that Hunter Biden called his father on speakerphone \u200dduring one meeting they had in December 2015 with the\u2064 owner of Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian\u200b energy company that paid \u2064Hunter Biden and Archer more than $80,000 a\u200d month.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 report marks\u200c a major development in the Biden family \u2063saga. The president has repeatedly denied ever speaking with his son about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-will-subpoena-hunter-biden-if-the-gop-retakes-control-of-the-house\/\" title=\"House Republicans Will Subpoena Hunter Biden if the GOP Retakes Control of the House\">foreign business ventures<\/a>. The report also comes after Republicans released\u2064 an\u200c FBI\u2063 report that shows a confidential \u200bsource told the FBI in\u200b 2020 that Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky claims he \u200cpaid $10 million in bribes to Hunter and Joe Biden for \u2064political favors.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Schwartz did not comment \u2062on\u2064 the <em>Post<\/em> report, \u200dbut said Archer will testify before the Oversight panel \u200dnext week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There have\u2062 been many \u200bleaks\u200c and much speculation about Mr. Archer\u2019s potential statement \u200dto the Oversight Committee, but next \u2062week, \u2062Mr. Archer\u200c will get to\u2063 speak for \u2063himself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hunter Biden and \u200cArcher were partners\u2064 at the investment firm Rosemont Seneca until Archer\u2019s indictment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atlanta-mayoral-candidate-who-voted-to-defund-the-police-has-car-stolen-in-broad-daylight-by-children-reports\/\" title=\"Atlanta Mayoral Candidate Who Voted To Defund The Police Has Car Stolen In Broad Daylight \u2014 By Children: Reports\">federal fraud charges<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether Archer spoke to the federal grand jury or prosecutors about Hunter Biden\u2019s phone calls to\u200d Joe\u2064 Biden. The U.S.\u2063 attorney\u2019s\u200c office in Delaware reached a \u2062plea agreement with\u200b Hunter Biden last \u200bmonth on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-lawyer-calls-irs-whistleblower-a-criminal\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Lawyer Calls IRS Whistleblower a Criminal\">misdemeanor tax charges<\/a>. He also \u2064pleaded guilty to a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/victims-blame-soros-backed-prosecutors-for-crime-wave-in-u-s-cities\/\" title=\"Victims Blame Soros-Backed Prosecutors for Crime Wave in U.S. Cities\">felony gun charge<\/a>, but will\u2062 enter a diversionary program to wipe that charge from his record.<\/p>\n<h3>IRS Whistleblowers Accuse Justice Department of\u200b Pulling Punches in Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>Two IRS whistleblowers \u200bhave accused the Justice Department \u200dof pulling punches in\u200c the Hunter Biden investigation. IRS \u200bagents Gary Shapley and\u200d Joseph Ziegler testified last week that federal prosecutors who handled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-best-friend-testified-before-grand-jury-about-the-biden-family-lawyer-says\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's close associate testified before a grand jury regarding the Biden family, according to their lawyer.\">investigation initially sought felony taxes charges<\/a> against Hunter Biden, including \u200dfor Hunter Biden\u2019s failure to report income from Burisma. But the IRS investigators said the Justice \u200bDepartment ultimately settled for misdemeanor\u2063 counts.<\/p>\n<p>Shapley and Ziegler said prosecutors prohibited investigators from asking questions \u200dabout Joe Biden and other members of his family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, an associate of Hunter Biden, has testified before a federal grand jury and is scheduled to be interviewed by the House Oversight Committee next week. 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