{"id":1987408,"date":"2023-07-31T23:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T03:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-takeaways-from-devon-archers-testimony-on-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T23:45:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T03:45:23","slug":"three-takeaways-from-devon-archers-testimony-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-takeaways-from-devon-archers-testimony-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Devon Archer&#8217;s Capitol Hill testimony: Key points"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fthree-takeaways-from-devon-archers-testimony-on-capitol-hill%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=1987408&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>Devon Archer&#8217;s Testimony Sparks \u2064Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Devon Archer&#8217;s recent testimony\u2062 has ignited\u2062 a fierce \u200cdebate between Democrats and Republicans. As a former business associate of Hunter Biden, Archer provided crucial evidence in the\u200c House GOP&#8217;s investigation into President Joe Biden and his son&#8217;s\u200b business\u2062 dealings.<\/p>\n<p>Behind closed doors, Archer testified\u2062 before the House\u2063 Oversight\u200b Committee, where Republicans are determined to establish a connection between Joe Biden and his son&#8217;s foreign business affairs. This investigation \u2063is part \u200cof a \u2063broader \u2062effort to \u2064scrutinize\u200d the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<h3>Insights into President Biden&#8217;s Involvement<\/h3>\n<p>During his testimony, Archer revealed that Hunter\u2064 Biden had put the president\u2063 on\u2062 speakerphone on nearly 20 occasions while speaking with business associates. This \u2062tactic was used to\u200c create the &#8220;illusion&#8221; \u200bthat Hunter \u200bhad direct access to\u200b his father.<\/p>\n<p>These\u2063 conversations took\u2063 place over a 10-year period when Joe Biden served as vice president. \u200cAccording to Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), the \u2064discussions were\u200b mostly\u2064 casual, focusing on pleasantries and\u200b general topics, with no mention of Hunter Biden&#8217;s business dealings.<\/p>\n<h3>Clashing Perspectives<\/h3>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, Republicans \u2063and Democrats interpreted Archer&#8217;s testimony differently.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans seized on the opportunity to accuse Joe Biden of dishonesty, claiming that the testimony proves he was\u200d aware of his son&#8217;s alleged misconduct. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) even suggested that the Biden family brand protected\u200c Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, \u200dfrom legal consequences.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Democrats argue\u2064 that Archer&#8217;s testimony exonerates Joe\u2062 Biden. Ranking member\u200d Jamie Raskin (D-MD) stated that Archer confirmed the president&#8217;s lack of involvement in his son&#8217;s business affairs and \u2062emphasized that\u2063 Joe Biden\u200d never took any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-takeaways-from-devon-archers-testimony-on-capitol-hill\/\" title=\"Devon Archer's Capitol Hill testimony: Key points\">official actions related<\/a> to those matters.<\/p>\n<h2>What \u2064Lies Ahead<\/h2>\n<p>While the \u200bdebate rages \u200bon, both Hunter Biden and Devon \u200bArcher face \u2062their own legal battles.<\/p>\n<p>Archer, who was convicted in 2018 for his role in a conspiracy to defraud a\u200d Native American\u2064 tribe, has yet to serve his prison sentence. However, he has managed \u200bto delay his incarceration\u2063 through a series of appeals. \u200dThe United States Attorney&#8217;s \u2062Office for the\u2063 Southern District \u2062of New York has requested a reporting date\u200b for Archer, a move criticized by Republicans as interference in his testimony.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hunter Biden\u2064 recently pleaded not \u2062guilty\u200d to federal charges. \u2063Originally, he had\u2062 a plea deal\u2064 with the Department of Justice, intending to plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors to avoid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-irs-whistleblower-x-to-reveal-identity-at-oversight-hearing\/\" title=\"IRS Whistleblower X will disclose their identity during the Oversight hearing on the Hunter Biden investigation.\">felony gun\u2064 charge<\/a>.\u200b However, concerns raised by the overseeing judge led to a delay in the case. Prosecutors\u2062 and the defense\u2063 now have less than 30 days\u2064 to renegotiate the terms of the plea \u200cdeal.<\/p>\n<p>As the legal battles \u200bcontinue, the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-employees-sue-biden-yellen-to-force-override-of-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"Gov't workers sue Biden, Yellen to lift debt ceiling.\">outcome remains uncertain<\/a>. One \u2064thing is \u2062for sure: the controversy surrounding \u200cthe Biden \u2064family&#8217;s business dealings shows no signs of abating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read\u2063 more from The Washington \u200bExaminer.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon Archer&#8217;s testimony divided Democrats and Republicans. As a former business associate of Hunter Biden, he provided evidence in the House GOP&#8217;s investigation into President Joe Biden and his son&#8217;s business dealings. Archer testified privately before the House Oversight Committee, where Republicans sought to establish a connection between Joe Biden and his son&#8217;s foreign affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1987409,"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-1987408","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\/1987408","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=1987408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}