House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) is watching as his long-promised “proof” that President Joe Biden took millions of dollars in bribes from Ukrainian entities collapses, with a planned key witness refusing to show for a promised deposition.
Just last week, the Washington Examiner reported that Devon Archer had already canceled his scheduled deposition on three previous occasions.
Devon Archer, a former Burisma board member and business partner of Hunter Biden, has canceled scheduled depositions before the House Oversight Committee three times, leaving committee leadership to try and figure out what’s next.
Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) issued a subpoena in June for Archer to appear for a deposition as part of the committee’s investigation into the Biden family’s finances, with an original deadline of June 16. He would miss this deadline. In total, Archer has canceled on the committee three times, Comer told the Washington Examiner on Thursday. He added that he and committee staff are trying to figure out what to do next to compel him to testify since they have already issued a subpoena.
Archer was supposed to finally appear today, but Chad Pergram of Fox News reports that he once again blew off Comer’s committee and didn’t show up.
Oh, one other thing about Mr. Archer: He’s a convicted felon who would no doubt love to get some special consideration that would shorten the prison sentence he’s facing for his 2018 conviction on fraud in an illegal bond scheme involving a Native American tribe.
But to hear Comer tell it, Archer is essential to his revive his flailing accusations against the president, writing in a letter to Archer’s attorney:
“Mr. Archer’s testimony is critical to the Committee’s investigation. Mr. Archer was Hunter Biden’s business partner in a number of transactions involving foreign nationals and foreign companies. Mr. Archer is associated with corporate entities that the Committee has identified and the Biden family’s role in each of them. Furthermore, he has significant information regarding the purpose of these companies and knowledge of relevant documents related to the Committee’s investigation.”
Critical to the investigation? What a laugh. Comer has nothing but bullshit allegations made by convicted felons who are trying to stay out of jail. It’s the same story every day with House Republicans, and their only real goal is to try and deflect attention from Donald Trump’s laundry list of crimes.
