The claim, which first emerged in 2019, was that Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor in order to stop an investigation into Burisma, the oil-and-gas company where Hunter Biden was on the board.ĭemocrats on the committee, including Maryland Rep. Republicans have focused much attention on an unverified tip to the FBI that alleged a bribery scheme involving Joe Biden when he was vice president. “It appears that the House Republicans’ own much-hyped witness today testified that he never heard of President Biden discussing business with his son or his son’s associates, or doing anything wrong,” Ian Sams, a White House spokesperson, said in a statement.Īrcher, who served with Hunter Biden on the board of Burisma, has long been seen by Republicans as a key witness in their search to directly connect the president to his son’s various international business transactions.Ĭomer had issued a subpoena to Archer in June, saying he “played a significant role in the Biden family’s business deals abroad, including but not limited to China, Russia, and Ukraine.” He said Archer’s testimony would be critical to the committee’s investigation. The White House saw the testimony as a falling short of House Republicans promise to deliver “bombshell evidence.” Archer shared the truth with the committee, and we will leave to them and others to decide what to do with it.” “But all Devon Archer did was exactly what we said he would: Show up and answer the questions put to him honestly and completely.” Archer’s voluntary interview today,” Archer’s attorney, Matthew Schwartz, said in a statement. “We are aware that all sides are claiming victory following Mr. James Comer, the GOP chairman of the Oversight Committee, said in a statement late Monday that “Joe Biden was ‘the brand’ that his son sold around the world to enrich the Biden family.”
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