{"id":1986626,"date":"2023-07-31T09:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-doj-backs-devon-archer-testifying-rejects-obstruction-claims\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T09:52:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:52:52","slug":"hunter-biden-investigation-doj-backs-devon-archer-testifying-rejects-obstruction-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-doj-backs-devon-archer-testifying-rejects-obstruction-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ supports Devon Archer testifying in Hunter Biden investigation, dismisses obstruction allegations."},"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\">24<\/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-biden-investigation-doj-backs-devon-archer-testifying-rejects-obstruction-claims%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=1986626&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--><h2>The \u2062Department of Justice Clarifies Request for Devon Archer&#8217;s Prison \u200cSentence<\/h2>\n<p>The Department\u2063 of\u2063 Justice (DOJ) has responded to Republican claims of interference\u2064 by clarifying its request for Devon Archer&#8217;s \u2062prison sentence. The DOJ made it clear that they are not seeking to disrupt Archer&#8217;s congressional \u200btestimony, which is scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c DOJ issued the\u200c clarification to Judge Ronnie Abrams of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District \u200cof New \u2064York. They had\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-calls-for-9-11-style-commission-into-jan-6-increased-security-at-capitol\/\" title=\"Biden White House Calls For 9\/11-Style Commission Into Jan. 6, Increased Security At Capitol\">previously requested<\/a> that Archer, \u2062who was Hunter Biden&#8217;s former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-email-reportedly-names-kamala-harris-others-as-key-contacts-for-joint-venture-with-china-energy-co\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Email Reportedly Names Kamala Harris, Others as Key Contacts for 'Joint Venture' With China Energy Co.\">business partner<\/a>, report to jail for unrelated crimes. The DOJ\u2064 emphasized that they do not want Archer to \u200dsurrender before his\u2062 testimony.<\/p>\n<p>The office also explained that coordinating\u2062 with the Bureau of Prisons can take several \u2063weeks or months, making it highly unlikely for Archer to miss his\u200d testimony due to jail time. \u2062However, to eliminate any confusion, the DOJ requested that if the court orders a surrender date, it should be scheduled after Archer&#8217;s congressional testimony is completed.<\/p>\n<h3>Importance of Devon Archer&#8217;s Testimony in the Hunter Biden Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>Archer&#8217;s testimony is crucial in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-anyone-more-annoying-or-treacherous-than-barack-obama\/\" title=\"Is Anyone More Annoying or Treacherous than Barack Obama?\">ongoing investigation<\/a> into the business dealings of the Biden family. The House Oversight and Reform Committee has identified him\u2064 as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-doj-backs-devon-archer-testifying-rejects-obstruction-claims\/\" title=\"DOJ supports Devon Archer testifying in Hunter Biden investigation, dismisses obstruction allegations.\">key \u200dwitness due<\/a> to his involvement with a Ukrainian energy company alongside Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ&#8217;s request for Archer&#8217;s prison surrender \u2063was\u200c prompted by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denying his \u200dappeal and affirming his conviction and \u2064sentencing. Archer was previously \u2064sentenced to serve a year in \u2062prison \u200cand \u200cpay restitution of nearly $44 million for his participation \u2062in a scheme to defraud a Native American tribe.<\/p>\n<p>Republican representatives, including Matt Gaetz, accused the DOJ of obstructing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-reject-democratic-pressure-to-disinvite-rfk-jr-from-testifying-on-censorship\/\" title=\"House Republicans refuse to bow to Democratic pressure, stand firm on RFK Jr.'s testimony on censorship.\">congressional\u200d investigation<\/a> through\u2063 their \u2063request for Archer&#8217;s surrender. Gaetz&#8217;s claims were echoed by several other members of the House Judiciary Committee, who expressed their intention to hold hearings on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Oversight Committee Chairman\u2062 James Comer did not directly accuse the DOJ of obstruction but found the timing of their request &#8220;odd.&#8221; He questioned whether it was a coincidence or another example of the department&#8217;s \u2062weaponization.<\/p>\n<p>Archer&#8217;s attorney, \u2064Matthew Schwartz, stated that his\u200b client is\u2064 fully committed to the rule of law and prepared to answer \u200bthe committee&#8217;s questions. He dismissed the speculation that the DOJ&#8217;s\u2063 request was an attempt to intimidate Archer ahead of his meeting with the House Oversight \u2064Committee.<\/p>\n<p>For more \u2063information, \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to visit The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DOJ clarified its request to Judge Ronnie Abrams, asking for Devon Archer&#8217;s prison sentence to commence after his Monday testimony. This move aimed to dismiss Republican allegations of interference by the department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1986627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}