Oversight Chairman James Comer Accuses Biden’s DOJ of ‘HARASSING’ Witness in Hunter Biden Foreign Affairs Investigation
- DOJ sent a letter to a judge on Saturday urging an expedited sentencing of former Hunter business partner Devon Archer
- Comes as GOP Oversight members prepare to interview Archer on Monday
- Comer claims DOJ is trying to prevent witnesses from cooperating with the investigation
James Comer is challenging President Joe Biden’s Justice Department for apparently acting outside the norm in an attempt to dissuade anyone from “cooperating” with the House Oversight investigation into Hunter Biden.
The DOJ’s actions in connection with the investigation are an attempt to “intimidate” witnesses who are essential to getting to the bottom of the president’s son’s shady overseas business dealings, Comer alleges.
New York’s Southern District received a letter on Saturday demanding it expedite the sentencing of Hunter’s former business partner, 53, Devon Archer.
Not only is it unusual for the DOJ to send a letter like this on a Saturday, Comer said in an interview on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, it also comes just two days before Archer will testify Monday before the House Oversight Committee on Hunter’s shady foreign affairs dealings.
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer said Sunday morning that the Justice Department is trying to intimidate witnesses into not testifying before his panel as they investigate President Joe Biden’s son hunter, 53.
Comes after DOJ sent a letter to a New York judge urging an expedited sentencing of Hunter Biden’s former business partner (center left), Devon Archer (right). Hunter served on the Burisma board with Archer — and he will testify to the Oversight panel on Monday
“The letter from the Justice Department is trying to get the judge to go ahead and convict Devon Archer for something that has nothing to do with what we’re going to talk to him about tomorrow,” Comer explained to Fox News host Sunday morning. Mary Bartiromo. . “Strange it was published on a Saturday.”
He added, “And it’s odd that right before he’s scheduled to come in, it has the opportunity to speak before the House Oversight Committee and tell the American people the truth about what really happened to Burisma.”
Archer was on the board with Hunter Biden at Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings LLC.
Not only is it claimed that Hunter only got the job there because of his father’s influence, but he also made millions for a job that many claim he was unqualified for.
Comer argues it is likely that the DOJ has obstructed justice — or at least is trying — by sending the letter to the judge.
“I don’t know if this is a coincidence, Maria, or if this is another example of the Justice Department arming,” Comer said.
“But I can tell you this — the effort Biden’s legal team has gone to to try to intimidate our witnesses, to coordinate with the Justice Department, and certainly to coordinate with the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee to get people encourage you not to. to cooperate with our investigation, to encourage banks not to hand over banking information, to encourage the Treasury Department not to give us access to those suspicious activity reports, it’s very disturbing.”
Republicans are highly critical of Biden’s DOJ, claiming that the agency is working on behalf of the government and the Biden family rather than investigating legitimate misconduct by the president and his adult son Hunter.
“I believe this is another violation of law, this is obstruction of justice,” Comer said of the letter. “Nevertheless, we will go ahead and try to present to the American people the facts and the truth about this president and his family.”
Comer said it’s unusual for DOJ to send letters like this on Saturday, saying it’s a pattern to deter someone from cooperating with the Oversight investigation of the president’s son.
Pictured: Hunter Biden, 53, left a court in Delaware on Wednesday, July 26 after a plea deal fell apart on two counts of tax fraud that would see him avoid jail time
Archer will still appear before the House Oversight panel for closed-door testimony on Monday in connection with his affairs with Burisma and the president’s son.
It comes after the panel held a hearing earlier this month with two IRS whistleblowers who allege the DOJ and FBI treated Hunter’s tax fraud case with “special treatment.” If it were fair, they argued, Hunter would be charged with tax fraud.
In addition, Hunter’s plea deal with Delaware prosecutors fell apart last week after he decided to plead not guilty to two counts of tax fraud and a gun possession charge that would see him avoid jail time.
The investigations into President Biden’s son are piling up and Comer intends to continue the pressure as the White House refuses to comment on anything related to Hunter and his foreign business deals and shady tax dealings.