Devon Archer, a business associate of the Biden family, is working with House Republicans investigating an alleged $10 million bribe from a top Ukrainian gas company executive to Joe and Hunter Biden.
News of Archer’s cooperation comes after House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer subpoenaed him Monday, saying his testimony is “critical” to the Republicans’ investigation based on his deep ties to international Biden family business deals – also in Ukraine – and had asked him to appear for a statement no later than Friday.
An aide to the committee confirmed to DailyMail.com that the statement will not take place today, but the committee is in contact with Archer’s lawyer to have him appear on another day.
The payments under investigation — $5 million to Joe and $5 million to Hunter — are reportedly detailed in an internal FBI FD-1023 form created in 2020 from information provided by a highly paid FBI informant. A “highly credible” whistleblower raised the alarm on the form detailing the alleged $10 million “arrangement” for an exchange of money for policy decisions with a director of Burisma Holdings Limited.
A well-known source told DailyMail.com that Burisma’s CEO says he didn’t pay the “Big Guy” directly — referring to Joe Biden — but used so many bank accounts that it would take 10 years to unravel.
An aide to the committee confirmed to DailyMail.com that the statement with Archer (left) is not taking place today, but the committee is in contact with Archer’s lawyer to have him appear on another day.
Oversight Chair James Comer also claimed this week that he will soon obtain bank records showing the Biden family has accepted more than $20 to $30 million from foreigners.
At an event at the White House Thursday, Biden was asked if he was referred to as the “Big Guy” in the FD-1023 form.
“Why did the Ukrainian informant file call you the Big Guy?” a reporter asked the president.
“Why did you ask such a stupid question?” Biden snapped back.
Earlier this week, GOP Senator Chuck Grassley said Burisma’s director has kept 17 audio recordings of phone calls as an “insurance policy” — 15 from Hunter and two from Joe.
Comer also claimed this week that he will soon obtain bank records showing the Biden family has accepted more than $20 to $30 million from foreigners.
“We have more bank data coming in this week that will exceed $10 million. And I think we’ll get between $20 and $30 million,” Comer, R-Ky., told Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo.
After long back-and-forth bickering between the FBI and Congressional Republicans, including a threat to defame FBI Director Chris Wray before Congress, the agency finally allowed a redacted version of the FD-1023 form to be used by lawmakers. was viewed in a secure facility last week.
Last month, Comer and his team released a “Second Records Memorandum” that expands on information it has received from subpoenas as the commission continues its investigation into the Biden family’s business practices.
The memo specifically outlines ties to Romanian “influence peddling” and a web of LLCs that were created while Biden was vice president. It also accuses Biden of a “lack of transparency” regarding his family’s receipt of money from China, which he said is “untrue.”
During Biden’s time as vice president, there were 20 companies affiliated with family members that were intentionally created with a “complicated corporate structure,” the memo states.
Hunter Biden and his associates, including Rob Walker, made up “at least 15” of those companies after Biden assumed the position of vice president in 2009.
Several of those entities, including Owasco PC — which Hunter owned — Hudson West III, LLC, Robinson Walker, LLC and Rosemont Seneca Bohai, LLC, accepted funds from foreign companies ranging from $5,000 to $3 million, the committee said.
Specifically, this is “evidence of influence and a connection between the work of the Biden family and their business partners,” the Republicans claim, pointing to multiple anti-corruption speeches and meetings with Romanian leaders who then had Vice President Biden between 2014 and 2015.
Biden family business Devon Archer partners with House Republicans
The payments under investigation — $5 million to Joe and $5 million to Hunter — are reportedly detailed in an internal FBI FD-1023 form created in 2020 from information provided by a highly paid FBI informant
The Romanian transactions described in bank records released by the commission came from Cypriot – a company controlled by Gabriel Popoviciu, who was under investigation for criminal corruption in Romania at the time and later convicted of bribery-related offences.
Between 2015 and 2017, Robinson Walker, LLC received $3 million from Bladon Enterprises Limited – Popoviciu’s Cypriot company – which was subsequently disbursed to Biden family members totaling more than $1 million.
The LLC received its first payments just weeks after then-Vice President Biden hosted Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the White House and discussed anti-corruption policies.
Biden family accounts received $1.038 million from Robinson Walker, LLC in a series of 17 deposits, 16 of which were made while Biden was still in the White House. The payments went to employees James Gilliar, Hunter Biden, Hallie Biden, Owasco LLC and an “unknown Biden bank account.”
“Bank records show that the Bidens used Robinson Walker, LLC to hide that the source of these payments was Popovici,” the memo says.
According to emails from Hunter’s laptop obtained by DailyMail.com, Popoviciu hired the president’s son in 2016 as part of an influence campaign to persuade anti-corruption prosecutors to make a deal or drop the case — while his father was vice president. was president.
The memo also “serves as a response to misinformation,” Republicans say it was distributed by President Biden, Congressional Democrats and their allies regarding the China-related findings in an initial memo released last month.
On March 16, Comer released a “First Bank Records Memorandum” detailing a 2017 $3 million payment received by Biden family associate Rob Walker from CEFC China Energy affiliate State Energy HK Limited.
About $1 million of that money was then passed on by Walker to various Biden family members — including Hallie Biden — in more than 15 incremental payments.