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Devon Archer transcript reveals more about Biden phone calls


The House Oversight Committee released a 140-page transcript of its interview with Hunter Biden’s friend and former business partner Devon Archer. Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., released the transcript on Thursday, Aug. 3.

The transcript provides greater detail of the five-hour, closed-door testimony in which Archer said Hunter Biden sold “the illusion of access” to his father and the Biden “brand” – which Archer said was Joe Biden himself.

In the transcript, Archer responded to questions concerning phone calls between then-Vice President Biden, Hunter Biden and his business partners.

Here is how that portion of the transcript read:

Question: “So is it fair to say that these conversations that my Republican colleagues asked you about where Hunter Biden had Joe Biden on the phone around business partners, that there was nothing in those conversations beyond the exchange of pleasantries?”

Archer: “That is correct.”

Question: “And we talked earlier about, kind of, Hunter Biden liking to project this image, this illusion, of access to his father.”

Archer: “Uh-huh.”

Question: “Was this just part of his effort to say, ‘Hey, I’m Joe Biden’s son, and I talk to Joe Biden a lot?'”

Archer’s attorney Matthew Schwartz: “If you know. I mean, don’t speculate about what –”

Archer: “Right. I don’t want to speculate about what he was thinking. But I think it’s just, you know, just common sense and, you know, that it’s the brand and that’s the value and — yeah. I don’t –”

Question: “But it was just about –”

Archer: “It was about projecting who he was.”

Lawyers for the committee then questioned if Hunter Biden ever asked his father to take official actions on behalf of his business partners.

Question: “But, in fact, Hunter Biden — Joe Biden never helped out Joe Biden’s — sorry. Scratch that. In fact, Hunter Biden never asked his father to take official actions on behalf of his business partners?”

Archer: “He did not. He did not ask him — to my knowledge, I never saw him say, do anything for any particular business.”

Question: “And you’re not aware of Joe Biden ever doing anything to help his son’s business partners?”

Archer: “No. I think that the calls were — that’s what it was. They were calls to talk about the weather, and that was signal enough to be powerful.”

Question: “So this, again, was about projecting this illusion of access to his father. Is that right?”

Archer: “Correct.”

Democrats had been calling for Republicans to release the transcript. Now it’s out for everyone to see. Read the full transcript below:

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