Is Joe Biden Corrupted and Compromised?

The liberty principle for this freedom Friday concerns corruption in the government of the United States of America. Evidence of corruption by the Biden crime family continues to appear. Devon Archer, former friend and former business partner of Hunter Biden, was interviewed on Monday by members and counsel of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.

The 141-page transcript of the interview was released today. Much of the information given by Archer was similar to information given previously about then-Vice President Joe Biden was the “brand” that Hunter Biden was selling to foreign entities in his various business deals. Fred Lucas shared six key takeaways from the transcript in an article in The Daily Signal. 

1. ‘Signals Are Basically Used as Currency’

Archer said at several points in the testimony that the Biden “brand” was sending “signals” to business partners….

At another point in the interview, the committee’s counsel pressed him on how much influence Hunter Biden had on federal policy.

“I have no basis to understand what his father and his conversations were about policy in Ukraine,” Archer said. “But, as you can see, that seems pretty familiar, that, you know, he can’t influence it but take credit for it. I mean, that was – it’s literally the back and forth between the last exhibit and this exhibit. That’s what does on. People send signals, and those signals are basically used as currency.”

2. ‘The Brand’

Archer routinely said that Joe Biden was “the brand” that allowed Hunter Biden to haul in investors.

Jacob Greenberg, the oversight committee’s majority counsel, asked, “You keep saying ‘the brand,’ but by ‘brand,’ you mean the Biden family, correct?”

“Correct,” Archer said.

Later, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., interjected, “When you say ‘Biden family – sorry to cut in here – I just want to get a clarification, “When you say ‘Biden family’ – sorry to cut in here – I just want to get a clarification. You aren’t talking about Dr. Jill [Biden] or anybody else? You’re talking about Joe Biden. Is that fair to say?”

Archer replied, “Yeah, that’s fair to say.”

He followed with, “Listen, I think its – I don’t think about it as, you know, Joe directly, but it’s fair. That’s fair to say. Obviously, that brought the most value to the brand.”

3. Burisma Survival and ‘Intimidation’

Archer told the committee that Burisma likely wouldn’t survive without the Biden brand.

“My only thought is that I think Burisma would have gone out of business if it didn’t have the brand attached to it,” Archer said. “That’s my, like, only honest opinion. But I have no basis for any – never heard any conversations.” …

Goldman said, “You’re just talking about that Hunter was on the board.”

Archer replied, “Right. And I think that’s why it [Burisma] was able to survive for as long as it did.”

Goldman asked, “Because of additional capital or –”

Archer corrected him, “Just because of the brand.” …

Goldman asked, “But how would that work?”

Archer answered, “Because people would be intimidated to mess with them.”

Goldman asked, “In what way?”

Archer answered, “Legally.” …

4. Burisma and ‘Help From DC’

The counsel asked about a dinner at the Four Seasons with Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky and Vadym Pozharskti, an adviser to the board of Burisma.

During this meeting, at a time when the company was under investigation by Shokin, they asked Hunter Biden to make phone calls.

“The request was I think they were getting pressure and they requested Hunter, you know, help them with some of that pressure,” Archer said.

“What pressure?” the majority counsel asked.

“Government pressure on their – you know, government pressure from Ukrainian government investigations in Mykola, etc.,” Archer said. “But it was not – it wasn’t like a specific – not a specific request. It was just we were sitting there at the Four Seasons having, you know, coffee and there was – there was Mykola, there was one of the managers for the Four Seasons who managed that property, Vadym.”

Archer said that Shokin wasn’t the only concern, as the company was facing problems with Britain, the United States, and Mexico….

“The request – you know, basically the request is like, can D.C help? But there were not – you know, I’m not going to – there were not – it wasn’t like – there weren’t specific, you know, can the big guy help? It was – it’s always this amorphous, can we get help in D.C.?”

Biggs later asked, “Why do you think they were asking Hunter Biden for D.C. help?”

Archer answered, “Well, I mean, he was a lobbyist and an expert and obviously he carried, you know, a very powerful name. So, I think it was – that’s what they were asking for.”

5. Dinner Guest Joe Biden and Money Wires

Then-Vice President Biden attended dinners with Hunter Biden’s foreign business partners who wired money to various Biden family-associated companies, according to Archer.

The committee’s majority counsel asked about a spring 2014 dinner at Café Milano in Washington.

Archer named individuals present, which included Yelena Baturina, a billionaire, and the widow of former Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov.

“And so, this dinner takes place in spring of 2014, approximately. But then do you recall getting a wire on February 14^th of 2014 from Yelena Baturina for $3.5 million to Rosemont Seneca Thornton?” the majority counsel asked.

Archer clarified that it was to Rosemont Seneca Thornton, one of his business operations with Hunter Biden….

The majority counsel also noted a wire transfer with Rosemont Seneca and Kenes Rakishev, a businessman associated with the Malta company Novitas Holdings, PTE Ktd.

“Why did Rosemont Seneca Bohai receive $142,000 payment from Rakishev?” the counsel asked.

Archer replied, “It was for a car.”

The counsel followed, “For whose car?”

Archer said, “For Hunter’s car.” …

6. Speakerphone Meetings

Archer said that Hunter Biden “would sometimes make it apparent that he spoke to his dad, and sometimes he put him on speaker.” …

After additional questions, Archer explained about the calls, “That is a little odd. I mean, it’s not odd – I mean, it’s quite obvious what we’re talking around.”

The counsel asked, “You are talking around it, and so I’d like to get out, what are we talking about here?”

“At the end of the day, part of what was delivered is the brand. I mean, it’s like anything, you know, if you’re Jamie Dimon’s son or any CEO,” Archer said. “You know, I think that that’s what we’re talking about, is that there was brand being delivered along with other capabilities and reach … I think ‘brand’ is the best way to describe it.”

Archer went on to note that business associates in the meeting were impressed that the then-vice president joined by speaker phone….