House Oversight moves to hold Hunter Biden in criminal contempt
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer released a resolution recommending Hunter Biden be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena. The president’s son was supposed to appear for a deposition with the Oversight and Judiciary Committees on Dec. 13. Instead, he arrived at the Capitol, made a statement to the press and left.
“I’m here today to make sure that the House Committee’s illegitimate investigations of my family do not proceed on distortions, manipulated evidence and lies,” Biden said during his statement.
The Republican majority wants to hold Biden in criminal contempt, which means he could be charged, put on trial and possibly found guilty of a misdemeanor.
The speaker of the House would have to make a referral to the U.S attorney for the District of Columbia, who can then bring the matter before a grand jury. Not everyone held in contempt is ultimately prosecuted. Those found guilty face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
Lawmakers will debate and consider the resolution at the committee level on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Biden won’t be formally held in contempt unless the resolution is passed with a majority vote by the full House of Representatives. That vote will take place at a later date.
“The Oversight and Accountability Committee, with the other investigating committees, has accumulated significant evidence suggesting that President Biden knew of, participated in, and profited from foreign business interests engaged in by his son, about which the Committees intended to question Mr. Biden during his deposition,” the resolution stated. “Mr. Biden’s decision to defy the Committees’ subpoenas and deliver prepared remarks prevents the Committee from carrying out its Constitutional oversight function and its impeachment inquiry.”
Hunter Biden said he’s willing to testify publicly but Republicans argued he can’t dictate the terms of his appearance. They also said they need to question him behind closed doors so they can ask about sensitive bank information.
Democrats said the Republican-led investigation into the Bidens is going nowhere.
“They’ve got absolutely nothing,” Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., told Straight Arrow News. “And they’ve wasted thousands of hours of time here at the Capitol to try and go after a former addict to weaponize that addiction against that addict’s father, who’s the president.”
Multiple people have been held in contempt in recent years, including former Trump White House staff members Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro. They were both prosecuted and found guilty of defying subpoenas related to the Jan. 6 riot investigation.
Congress to hold classified UFO hearing as public belief in aliens grows
Congress is holding a classified hearing on UFOs where members will be looking for definitive proof of their existence. This comes at a time when acceptance of the possibility of extraterrestrial life is peaking in America, with people on social media claiming 10-foot-tall aliens are already in Miami.
Members of the House Oversight Committee will discuss UFOs behind closed doors on Friday, Jan. 12.
There has been increased activity on Capitol Hill concerning the topic since 2020 when the federal government admitted that multiple Navy pilots have encountered “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs).
Videos of some of the encounters were released, and there is still no public explanation of what the videos show and how the objects reached Earth.
In 2023, former intelligence official David Grusch gave testimony claiming the government had “non-human biologics” from a “recovered UFO” in its possession.
Grusch asserted that the government was reverse engineering UFOs to try and learn the technology, but the Pentagon denied the claims.
The amount of Americans who believe UFO sightings are proof of alien life rose from 20% in 1996 to 34% in 2022, according to a YouGov poll.
An Ipsos poll found that 42% of Americans believe in UFOs, while one in 10 surveyed said they have actually witnessed some kind of UAP.
A large police presence spotted at a mall in Miami on New Years Day caused online users to speculate that 10-foot aliens prompted the significant response from police.
Police said the incident was a large brawl between teenagers.
“Have you ever seen this many police and emergency vehicles responding to a fight at a mall,” one person on TikTok questioned. “Why do we have every single police officer in the city here?”
The incident is reminiscent of one in Las Vegas in 2023 when a 16-year-old called the police, claiming to see aliens in his backyard.
“It has big eyes, it’s looking at us… and they’re very large, nine feet, 10 feet — they look like aliens to us… Big eyes, and they’re not human, they’re 100% not human,” the boy said in his call to police.
Some members of Congress are open believers in extraterrestrial life as so-called “credible witnesses” have come forward in recent years describing their experiences with UAPs.
“Such conduct could constitute an impeachable offense,” Comer and Jordan wrote.
Hunter Biden defied the subpoena, telling reporters outside the U.S. Capitol that day that he would answer any relevant questions lawmakers had about his foreign business dealings in an open-door setting. Following Hunter Biden’s comments, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters the president was “familiar with” what Hunter would say in his statement; Comer and Jordan said that comment sparked their probe.
“In light of an official statement from the White House that President Biden was aware in advance that his son, Hunter Biden, would knowingly defy two Congressional subpoenas, we are compelled to examine as part of our impeachment inquiry whether the president engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress,” Jordan and Comer wrote.
House Republicans have given the White House until Jan. 10 to turn over any documents related to the inquiry. The investigation into Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings has been ongoing for nearly a year. Republicans allege that President Biden benefitted financially from his sons’ foreign affairs and accepted bribes, but Republicans have yet to produce any evidence to back that claim or to prove any wrongdoing by the president.
Colorado GOP appeals ruling barring Trump from 2024 ballot: The Morning Rundown, Dec. 28, 2023
The Colorado Republican Party is appealing the ruling by the state’s high court that bans former President Trump from running again. And Apple is restocking its shelves after an import ban on its watches is temporarily blocked. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023.
Colorado Republican Party appeals ruling barring Trump from ballot
The Colorado Republican Party has appealed the state’s Supreme Court ruling that found former President Donald Trump is ineligible to run again due to the Constitution’s “insurrection clause.” In its 4-3 ruling last week, the Colorado Supreme Court determined that based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bans insurrectionists from holding office, Trump is barred from running for president because of his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
For the first time in American history, a former president has been disqualified from the ballot…
“For the first time in American history, a former president has been disqualified from the ballot, a political party has been denied the opportunity to put forward the presidential candidate of its choice, and the voters have been denied the ability to choose their chief executive through the electoral process,” party attorneys wrote in the filing.
Colorado’s Supreme Court had overturned a ruling from a district court judge who found that Trump incited an insurrection but could not be barred from the ballot because it was not clear if Section 3 covered the presidency. The Colorado Supreme Court put its ruling on hold until Jan. 4 to give time for an appeal. The former president said he also plans to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In a similar case, Michigan’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, Dec. 27, that Trump could remain on the state’s ballot, with one judge saying Colorado’s election laws differ from Michigan’s.
House Republicans seek White House documents over Hunter Biden
House Republicans have requested that the White House turn over any documents related to President Biden’s alleged knowledge of his son Hunter Biden’s refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee in December. Republicans Jim Jordan and James Comer sent a letter to the White House looking for any correspondence regarding Hunter Biden’s scheduled deposition with the House Oversight Committee on Dec. 13.
…we are compelled to examine as part of our impeachment inquiry whether the president engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress…
Reps. James Comer, R-Ky., Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio
Hunter Biden defied the subpoena, telling reporters outside the U.S. Capitol that day that he would answer any relevant questions lawmakers had about his foreign business dealings in an open-door setting. Following Hunter Biden’s comments, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the president was “familiar with” what Hunter would say in his statement; Comer and Jordan said that comment sparked their probe.
“In light of an official statement from the White House that President Biden was aware in advance that his son, Hunter Biden, would knowingly defy two Congressional subpoenas, we are compelled to examine as part of our impeachment inquiry whether the president engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress,” Jordan and Comer wrote.
House Republicans have given the White House until Jan. 10 to turn over any documents related to the inquiry.
New York City mayor issues executive order for migrant charter buses
“We cannot allow buses with people needing our help to arrive without warning at any hour of day and night. This not only prevents us from providing assistance in an orderly way, it puts those who have already suffered so much in danger,” Adams said. “To be clear, this is not stopping people from coming, but about ensuring the safety of migrants and making sure they can arrive in a coordinated and orderly way.”
The U.S. is seeing a surge in illegal crossings at its southern border, with illegal crossings topping 10,000 some days.
Adams was joined in a virtual news conference by the Democratic mayors of Chicago and Denver, who are all pressing the federal government for more aid for the asylum seekers arriving in their cities.
Former U.S. Senator, Milwaukee Bucks owner Herb Kohl dies at 88
Herb Kohl, the former Democratic U.S. Senator from Wisconsin and owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, died on Wednesday, Dec. 27, at the age of 88 after a brief illness, his foundation announced. In the 1970s, Kohl served as president of his family’s chain of supermarkets and department stores until the family sold their interest in 1979, which gave him time to fund his other passions outside of the business.
Starting in 1989, Kohl served 24 years in the U.S. Senate. He chaired the Senate Aging Committee and was a supporter of public education. Kohl purchased the Bucks in 1985 for $18 million, ensuring the team would not leave his hometown. In 2014, he sold the team while contributing $100 million toward the construction of a new arena. In 2021, the Bucks won the NBA championship; Kohl called it “one of the big days” of his life.
Apple restarts watch sales as court blocks import ban
Apple is bringing back its latest watches to its store shelves after a federal appeals court has temporarily blocked an import ban by the U.S. International Trade Commission.
“We are thrilled to return the full Apple Watch lineup to customers in time for the new year,” Apple said in a statement. “Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, including the blood oxygen feature, will become available for purchase again in the United States at Apple Stores starting [Wednesday] and from apple.com [Thursday] by 12 pm PT.”
Beginning Thursday, Dec. 28, all watches will be available online and in stores, a major victory for the tech giant in one of its most profitable times of the year. Still, Apple is not out of the woods, as the ongoing patent dispute with medical device company Masimo makes its way through the courts.
Masimo sued Apple in 2020 over patent infringement, claiming the tech company stole its blood-oxygen reading technology for its watches. Massimo has not commented on the latest decision, according to media reports.
Times Square restaurants, hotels offering NYE experiences
Those of you heading to Times Square to ring in the new year won’t have to spend a dime to see the ball drop from the street. But if you want to experience it from a nearby hotel or restaurant, that’s a different story.
Thinking of spending the night at the Olive Garden’s Times Square location? That will cost you $450 per person. The party atmosphere includes a buffet, open bar, and dancing, but a live view of the ball drop is not guaranteed. At Applebee’s, tickets start at $799 for its event, which includes similar accommodations plus a guided stroll to the street to celebrate the ball drop at midnight.
Bubba Gump Shrimp is also hosting a New Year’s party with a buffet, dessert stations, and party favors for a price of $1,015 per ticket.
If a hotel is more your speed, the Marriott Marquis is hosting a formal wear gala complete with a 5-hour buffet and floor-to-ceiling windows, and guests are given an unobstructed view of Times Square. The prime VIP package for two costs $12,500 to celebrate 2024 in style.
Eric Swalwell denies helping Hunter Biden defy subpoena
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., denied he held a press conference on the Senate side of the Capitol building to help Hunter Biden defy a subpoena. The president’s son was supposed to appear for a deposition Wednesday, Dec. 13, with the House Oversight Committee, but instead, he appeared at Swalwell’s press conference, read a statement and left.
Swalwell was accused of “aiding and abetting” Biden by hosting the press conference on the Senate side so the House sergeant-at-arms could not enforce the subpoena and force Biden to appear for the deposition.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., told Fox News Digital he thought there should be a vote to hold Biden in contempt, and possibly Swalwell in contempt as well.
“Did you have [the press conference] on the Senate side specifically to prevent the House sergeant-at-arms from enforcing that subpoena,” Straight Arrow News asked Swalwell.
“No, that’s not what happened,” Swalwell said. “I actually tried to book the House side. I booked the House side at 10:30 and then I think the deposition time had moved and so the House side was no longer available.”
A review of the congressional schedule from Wednesday morning indicates there was another press conference scheduled in the House’s outdoor press conference area at the same time.
Had the press conference been held on the side of the building controlled by the House, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky, could have instructed the sergeant-at-arms to enforce the subpoena. However, on the Senate’s side, a House member does not have the power to do that.
“But like, look, Hunter showed up, he was ready to testify publicly,” Swalwell said. “You know, what Hunter chooses to do and not do is up to him, but he was offered multiple times by Comer to testify publicly and he came and raised his hand and said, ‘I’m here and I’m ready.’
“And I think anyone that wants to focus on the process of how Hunter Biden came here to the Capitol is ignoring the underlying substance here — which is that they’ve got absolutely nothing. And they’ve wasted thousands of hours of time here at the Capitol to try and go after a former addict to weaponize that addiction against that addict’s father, who’s the president.”
Swalwell also thought the Republican’s impeachment effort could help Democrats in the 2024 election.
“They don’t know why they want to impeach him,” Swalwell said. “It just goes to this frame of competence versus chaos. And as long as we show that on the core freedoms that people care about: financial freedom, freedom of body, freedom to vote and how to count it, freedom to come home from school and be safe as a kid, freedom to read and not have your book banned. We’re fighting for those freedoms. They’re fighting for chaos. I do think people will see through that.”
Comer and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, announced they will begin contempt proceedings for Biden, but did not say anything about Swalwell.
“Hunter Biden defied a lawful subpoena this week,” the pair said in a statement. “There will be no special treatment because Hunter’s last name is Biden.”
Hunter Biden defies subpoena hours before impeachment inquiry vote
Hunter Biden appeared at the Capitol building Wednesday, Dec. 13, just as he was supposed to appear for a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee. However, the president’s son did not appear for the transcribed interview, and he instead defied the subpoena and made a six-minute statement to the press before leaving.
“I’m here today to answer at a public hearing any legitimate questions Chairman Comer and the House Oversight Committee may have for me,” Biden said. “I’m here today to make sure that the House committee’s illegitimate investigations of my family do not proceed on distortions, manipulated evidence and lies.”
Biden appeared in what’s called the “Senate swamp.” Had he stepped foot on the side of the building controlled by the House, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., could have ordered the House sergeant-at-arms to arrest Biden for defying the subpoena. However, on the Senate’s side of the building, a House member has no power to do that.
Biden said he is willing to appear for a public hearing, which Democrats support.
“Chairman Jordan and Chairman Comer would not take yes for an answer,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said. “Why? Because they wanted to conduct the deposition in a closed-door interview so the public couldn’t see it and so they could continue to cherry pick little pieces of evidence and distort what had taken place there. President Biden has done nothing wrong.”
Republicans contend that the deposition must take place in a closed setting to ask hundreds of questions in succession. This is challenging in a segmented hearing, where five-minute sections are evenly distributed between Democrats and Republicans. Once members have had a chance to question Biden, they said he can then appear publicly.
House Republicans also jumped on a statement from Hunter Biden.
“Let me state as clearly as I can — my father was not financially involved in my business,” Biden said.
Republicans said that statement does not align with statements that he and his father made in the past, raising even more questions.
“Which sort of means — he’s involved,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said. “I think that’s how anyone with common sense would read it. He’s been involved, just not financially. That is a huge departure from everything they have said now for the last three-and-a-half years.”
Biden’s Capitol appearance could potentially sway undecided Republicans toward supporting the formal initiation of an impeachment inquiry.
Some Republicans in swing districts and congressional districts that Joe Biden won in 2020 did not support the inquiry at first, but they have since started changing, saying that the White House is not cooperating with the investigation. Voting to formally authorize the inquiry would make it easier for them to enforce subpoenas in court.
Media Miss: Left-leaning news outlets didn’t cover $40k payment to Joe Biden
The House Oversight Committee said President Biden received $40,000 in laundered money from China in 2017. Committee members contend that this personal check from Biden’s brother and sister-in-law is proof.
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The payment “allegedly involves the same business deal in which Joe Biden was called the ‘big guy’ and penciled in for a 10% cut — and would be the first proven instance of the commander-in-chief getting a piece of his family’s foreign income.”
“The committee says the series of payments establish a direct benefit Biden received from his family’s business dealings, despite Biden’s claims that he has not been involved.”
Here’s how the committee says it traced the money:
On July 30, 2017, Hunter Biden sent a WhatsApp message to Raymond Zhao — an associate of the Chinese company CEFC — regarding a $10 million capital payment. The message stated: “Z – Please have the director call me – not James or Tony or Jim – have him call me tonight. I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled.”
On Aug. 8, 2017, a Chinese company affiliated with CEFC transferred $5 million into a business bank account Hunter Biden had opened. The committee said that wire transfer was the only money in the account.
Hunter Biden transferred $400,000 to his professional corporation that same day.
On Aug. 14, 2017, Hunter Biden transferred $150,000 from his corporation to the Lion Hall Group, a company used by the president’s brother and sister-in-law to conduct various financial transactions.
On Aug. 28, 2017 Sara Biden, the president’s sister-in-law, withdrew $50,000 from the Lion Hall Group and put it in a personal savings account. Before that deposit, the account had about $46 in it. After the deposit and a $1,000 withdrawal, it had $49,000.
On Sept. 3, 2017, Sara Biden signed a $40,000 check to Joe Biden. It stated loan repayment in the memo.
“In taking funds sourced to a CCP-linked company that wanted to advance China’s interests, Joe Biden exposed himself to future blackmail and put America’s interests behind his own desire for money,” Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said in a statement.
Critics of the Republican-led investigation argue the committee has never proven that Joe Biden directly benefited from his family’s business dealings.
“Every single witness Chairman Comer has brought in has explained Joe Biden was not involved in his family’s business ventures. But Republicans keep peddling deceptive claims to try to revive their old debunked narrative,” Oversight Democrats posted on X, formerly Twitter.
Despite the criticism, Chairman Comer said he will continue the investigation into the Biden family.
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Senate Republicans doubt impeachment inquiry will end with Biden’s removal
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., directed the chairmen of three committees to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. McCarthy said House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct regarding his son’s overseas business dealings.
“Taken together, these allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption,” McCarthy said when making the announcement Tuesday morning.
The Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means Committees will lead the probe.
McCarthy is opening this impeachment inquiry without a vote by the full House. In 2019, McCarthy called on then Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to suspend the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. He asked Pelosi whether there would be a vote to proceed with the inquiry. McCarthy wrote, “By answering no, you would create a process completely devoid of any merit or legitimacy.”
If Biden is impeached in the House, a trial in the Senate would determine whether he should be convicted and removed from office. But Senate Republicans have warned their House colleagues that this needs to be done by the book.
“The American people deserve to know the truth and this all ought to be done in public. I mean, where you all can be there, report on it, not behind closed doors, not a bunch of hearsay ‘well, so and so told me that’ — no, no, no. Put it out there in public and let the American people decide,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said.
“If they’ve got facts and evidence, if they want to run through a traditional process, we’ll see what the result is. I don’t think that it’s going to result in the removal on the Senate side. But if there’s meaningful information that they think the American people need to know about, I’m okay with it,” Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said.
Tillis is not the only Republican who questions whether an impeachment could lead to a removal.
“We’ve only got a year left, you know, to the election. I don’t know whether they’ve got enough time. I know I sat through one impeachment trial, I don’t want to sit through another one,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said Sept. 6.
Tuberville said he hopes the House case is “rock solid.”
The House needs a simple majority vote to impeach. Removal requires a two-thirds vote in the Senate, so for that to happen, Democrats would have to vote against the president.
Government launches ‘one-stop shop’ for UFO information
The truth is out there — and it may be found on a government’s agency website. Mulder and Scully can quit looking at the skies for answers and now just log onto AARO.mil.
That’s the website of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the office that the Department of Defense launched in 2022 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act to detect, identify and attribute objects of interest, including what was once referred to as unidentified flying objects, UFOs, now called unidentified aerial phenomena, UAPs.
The AARO’s website is being described by government officials as a “one-stop shop” for all declassified information related to its office and unidentified objects.
“The posting of the website is the next step in the — in this process, in terms of ensuring that the public has information and insight into UAPs. And so what you see today is what has been declassified to date,” Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a press briefing on Thursday, Aug. 31.
The government is still in the process of building the site, but it’s live right now to the public. The site currently includes videos under “Cases,” with some “unresolved” and others stating what AARO assesses the UAP to be.
The site also features graphs of UAP reporting trends showing the objects’ altitudes and where they are most often found. It will also house official reports, transcripts, press releases, and other resources including aircraft, balloon and satellite tracking sites.
Source: AARO.mil
There will be additional features coming soon, the DOD says. A reporting tool for government employees, both past and present, is expected to be on the site in the fall.
“AARO will launch a secure reporting tool on the website to enable current and former U.S. government employees, service members, or contractors with direct knowledge of U.S. government programs or activities to contact AARO directly to make a report,” a DOD press release said.
Th news comes as reportssay Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks will now oversee AARO with Director Sean Kirkpatrick reporting to her.
In July, Straight Arrow News covered “Disclosure Day” on Capitol Hill when the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs held a hearing about UAPs.
Though the fictitious Mulder and Scully were mentioned a bit ago, the committee made it clear it was serious when it came to reporting UAPs.
“We’re not here to bring little green men into the room. Sorry to disappoint about half of y’all. We’re just here to get to the facts,” Rep. Tim Burchett said.
The committee heard from former fighter pilots Ryan Graves and David Fravor, along with former intelligence officer David Grusch.
As SAN’s Ryan Robertson reported, Grush said based on interviews with more than 40 witnesses, he believed the U.S. government is in possession of UAPs.
“I know the exact locations, and those locations were provided to the inspector general and some of which to the intelligence committees,” Grusch said. “I actually had the people with the firsthand knowledge provide a protected disclosure to the inspector general.”
In at least some of the recovered craft, Grusch said bodies were also recovered.
National Archives has 5,000+ emails from VP Biden pseudonym accounts
House Republicans went after President Joe Biden for using pseudonyms in a number of emails. Now, the National Archives revealed there are approximately 5,400 such emails, files and records.
The pseudonyms used were Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters, and JRB Ware. Each pseudonym had its own email address — robinware456@gmail.com, JRBWare@gmail.com and Robert.L.Peters@pci.gov.
The Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) made a Freedom of Information Act request for the records in June 2022 and is now suing. The conservative legal organization wants a federal judge to order the documents be released to the public. The SLF said the National Archives has not released a single email and “dragged its feet.”
“All too often, public officials abuse their power by using it for their personal or political benefit. When they do, many seek to hide it. The only way to preserve governmental integrity is for [the National Archives and Records Administration] to release Biden’s nearly 5,400 emails to SLF and thus the public. The American public deserves to know what is in them,” SLF General Counsel Kimberly Hermann said in a statement.
The National Archives informed SLF that the documents have to be processed and reviewed, and representatives for former President Obama and President Biden must be notified.
As Straight Arrow News previously reported, the House Oversight Committee is also asking the National Archives for the emails, many of which are already online but partially redacted.
The Oversight Committee is asking for unrestricted special access so its investigators can review whether there was overlap between Biden’s official duties as vice president and his son’s activities in Ukraine.
Investigators are especially interested in an email regarding Biden’s call with former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. It was sent to the pseudonym Robert Peters and Hunter Biden was the only person copied on it.
President Biden has repeatedly denied he was ever involved in his son’s business dealings. He doubled down on the denial even after Hunter’s business partner Devon Archer testified before Congress that then-Vice President Biden joined phone calls with his son’s partners and met them in person.
