Author: Sarah Bedford
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How far one lawyer is willing to go to help Hunter Biden
“We have 8 SDNY prosecutors on our team,” attorney Kevin Morris boasted in texts to a conservative operative last year. “All it took was one phone call.” Hunter Biden‘s close adviser and personal benefactor has attracted attention for the level of support he’s given to the president‘s son. NINE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE DEVON ARCHER TRANSCRIPT…
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Nine takeaways from the Devon Archer transcript
Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s former business partner, provided hours of testimony to the House Oversight Committee on a narrow scope of topics that his attorneys negotiated, the transcript of his closed-door interview showed. The Oversight Committee released the transcript on Thursday amid competing summaries of Archer’s answers put forward by both Republicans and Democrats. The…
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Hunter Biden investigation: Joe Biden calls an ‘abuse of soft power,’ Archer says
Devon Archer, Hunter Biden‘s former business partner, said in his first interview since testifying before Congress that then-Vice President Joe Biden knew he was meeting with his son’s business partners at multiple dinners and meetings, and that the speakerphone calls between the father and his son’s business partners were valuable to their foreign business. “In…
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The mixed messages of Bidenomics
President Joe Biden‘s eponymous economic plan rests broadly on a central contradiction: Bidenomics is a campaign selling point even though voters strongly disapprove of Biden’s economics. It is also filled with smaller contradictions that could hamper its ability to deliver. KAMALA HARRIS INSISTS SHE HAS ‘GREAT APPROVAL RATINGS’ Bidenomics promises to create American jobs with…
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Hunter Biden investigation: Where Archer appeared to support FBI allegation
Devon Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, gave testimony to the House Oversight Committee on Monday that, according to a summary, appeared to be consistent with elements of a bribery allegation made against the president and his son, though short of a smoking gun. Archer told congressional investigators that Burisma, a Ukrainian energy…
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Hunter Biden investigation: Why the Devon Archer testimony is so important
When Devon Archer sits down on Monday with the House Oversight Committee, the Hunter Biden investigation could enter a new and more significant phase. That’s because Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden’s and a former friend to the family, is expected to testify about the extent of President Joe Biden‘s involvement in his…
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Hunter Biden investigation: DOJ enforced foreign lobbying rules on Hunter’s business partners
Hunter Biden worked closely with multiple people who disclosed their lobbying for foreign companies under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, raising questions about whether he broke the law by not registering himself for doing the same work. He also lobbied U.S. officials, alongside many others who did not register under FARA, for work that, emails…
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Hunter Biden investigation: Pros and cons of a House impeachment inquiry
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s (R-CA) decision to open the door to an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden marks an aggressive step in GOP lawmakers’ investigations — as well as a potentially risky gambit ahead of an election. McCarthy first said Monday evening that enough evidence implicating Joe Biden in the foreign business dealings of…
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Hunter Biden investigation: Close Biden political aide worked for Weiss when inquiry began
A close associate of the Biden family appears to have spent years working in the Delaware U.S. attorney’s office, including during the months when whistleblowers said the office took up an investigation of Hunter Biden. Alexander Mackler served as press secretary in Joe Biden‘s Senate office and, later, as legal counsel in his vice presidential…
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Hunter Biden investigation: Here are the leads Congress can follow after whistleblower testimony
Now that two IRS whistleblowers have spent hours testifying before Congress, lawmakers have multiple leads on which to follow up as they investigate Hunter Biden‘s business dealings and what the Justice Department did to get to the bottom of them. Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, two top IRS agents who spent years working on the…




