The younger Biden had reason to be relieved at the time of his friend’s legal victory. So we’ve got the top-level politicos with us," Bevan Cooney, who was convicted alongside Archer, said in a secretly recorded phone conversation disclosed at trial. While Hunter Biden was not implicated in Archer’s Indian bond scheme, one of Archer’s co-conspirators touted connections to Hunter Biden in order to give the bond proposal a veneer of legitimacy. House Oversight Republicans subpoenaed Archer this week to testify about his dealings with Hunter Biden as part of their probe into the Biden family’s business activities-it was through Rosemont that the longtime friends had investments in China and Ukraine. attorney’s office in Delaware has since 2018 investigated Hunter Biden’s taxes and foreign business dealings, many of which were carried out through Rosemont Seneca, Hunter Biden’s and Archer’s investment firm. He will soon begin serving time after losing an appeal earlier this month.įive years after Hunter Biden's excitement at his business partner escaping Justice Department charges, he has found himself in the agency's crosshairs. An appeals court in October 2020 reinstated Archer's conviction, and the disgraced businessman was sentenced to one year in prison last year. The celebration over Archer's reprieve was short-lived. "I swear to god we’ll have the last laugh." I am so happy for you," continued Hunter Biden, who also appeared to criticize the justice system that had come down hard on his friend. "Thank fucking god! First good news in way too long my friend. 18, 2018, after a judge overturned Archer’s conviction months earlier for defrauding the Wakpamni tribe in a massive bond scheme, according to text messages from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. "Im smiling for the first time in a year," Hunter Biden wrote his partner, Devon Archer, on Nov.
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