Hunter Biden Laptop Controversy

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

Definitive evidence that the Slow Woke Brandon Crime Family works for the Devil! Pages 18 and 19 of Devon Archer's interview transcript. Pray 'Murica, PRAY!

The payments appear to be approximately $83,000 per month that were

12 deposited into the Rosemont Seneca Bohai account from Burisma Holdings.

13 Was that what you were to be paid? Was it a million dollars per year?

14 A It was -- so, from a board perspective, it was a million dollars per year on the

15 board contracts, but the -- which was -- again, it was more than -- you know, there's

16 associated work. It wasn't just sitting there and, you know, going to board meetings.

17 But there was a lot of work that was done.

18 It was actually split. During my tenure, Tri Global was the cap-intro group. It

19 was actually split three ways. I don't know, you know, where it went after my time.

20 But that's -- initially, it was the sum total, kind of a take-home for, you know, the

21 company, excluding expenses, just gross, was 666 per year.

22 And then that obviously changed. I was, you know, kicked off or asked to resign

23 from the board when I got into my next issue.

24 Q Was Hunter Biden's agreement also that he would receive $83,000 per 25 month --

1 A Yes.

2 Q -- from Burisma?

3 A Yes. That's what I'm saying. So two -- 83 in two different -- once a month

4 was 666 annualized, divided by three.

5 [Archer Exhibit No. 7]

6 Was marked for identification.

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

Repub Committee claimed evidence presented in the hearing came from the alleged Hunter Biden laptop's hard drive and yet haven't shared the hard drive with dems on the committee. Gee, I wonder why that might be? If anyone believes these hearings are legitimate and a true effort at getting to the truth, you better hope these fucks don't gain more power as this tactic will be the same for anyone charged with a crime, withholding of "evidence" from the defense. They should be ashamed of themselves but they have no shame. Just bended knee. From pages 19 and 20:

13 Q The subject is "Re: Notes from the 13 hr" -- meaning "hour" -- "plane ride."

14 And I want to direct your attention to paragraph 6.

15 A Uh-huh.

16 Q My understanding of this email is that Hunter Biden has -- is the lower case

17 statement and your response is the caps, all caps statement.

18 Mr. Schwartz. Well, these emails don't come from Mr. Archer, so I don't think

19 we're going to be able to authenticate the emails or tell you who wrote what. But

20 you're certainly welcome to ask about the content of these.

21 Mr. Mandolfo. Well, do you recognize this email?

22 Sorry to interrupt. Can we know where this document comes

23 from?

24 Mr. Abourisk. It comes from the hard drive.

25 The hard drive that is in the possession of committee

1 Republicans?

2 Mr. Mandolfo. Yes.

3 So there's --

4 Mr. Goldman. Where did you get that hard drive?

5 Mr. Mandolfo. Go off the record for a second.

6 [Discussion off the record.]

7 Mr. Mandolfo. Showing you exhibit 7, paragraph 6. I'll read it out loud. It's

8 from you to Hunter Biden.

9 "Need to determine what we consider expenses to be deducted from potential

10 Burisma 'pay'" -- "pay" in quotations -- "before we determine true split number with

11 Alex."

12 Mr. Schwartz. I don't know to whom, but I object to your characterization as

13 that's "from you to Hunter Biden."

14 Mr. Archer. Yeah, I --

15 Mr. Goldman. Can we just clarify on the record, I want to clarify on the record.

16 Mr. Mandolfo. Off the record.

17 Mr. Goldman. No, no, no.

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

The best part of this so far, the transcript? Reading Gym Jordan's inability to follow along. What a putz.

mrussel1 · August 2023

I found this to be a good summary. While the Hill is owned by a GOP megadonor, I feel like the news is fairly straightforward. It was off the chain before they fired John Solomon.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4136376-five-takeaways-from-devon-archers-interview-with-house-oversight/

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

mrussel1 said:

I found this to be a good summary. While the Hill is owned by a GOP megadonor, I feel like the news is fairly straightforward. It was off the chain before they fired John Solomon.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4136376-five-takeaways-from-devon-archers-interview-with-house-oversight/

But they left off the testimony of Devon taking his son to breakfast at the Executive Office Building or the Naval Observatory and Creepy Slow Brandon took the kid on a tour and showed him how thick the limousine glass was and discussed his paper mache model of the White House for his 3rd grade class. I’m sure Gym Jordan thought it was going to be another bombshell meeting because Hunter was present. Never discussed burisma. Never discussed Ukraine. Buh, buh, buh they met with Hunter! From 2014 and the repubs wanted to know who was at this meeting. Hmmmmm, could have requested the visitor logs from the archives, maybe? Nevermind that bill DISbarred and POOTWH’s DOJ already investigated this and found a nadaburder.

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

First questions out of the box from the dem members of the committee hearing, pages 89 & 90. If you can't see/read/comprehend through the bullshit this is, there is no hope (Reminder, GYM Jordan and Andy Biggs are asking questions with their committee staff attorney asking the majority of the questions; Comer didn't even show up for the "Crime of the Century" hearing he chairs, what do you think that says?):

23 Q Good afternoon, Mr. Archer.

24 A Thank you. 25 Q Before I start with my questions, I want to come back to documents you

1 were shown during the Republicans' round of questioning. You were shown various

2 documents that appear to be emails.

3 A Uh-huh.

4 Q The majority staff has represented -- the Republican staff has represented

5 that they come either from the internet or from a hard drive in their possession that they

6 have refused to date to provide to committee Democrats.

7 Mr. Archer, I want to be clear. You are unable to authenticate these emails. Is

8 that correct?

9 A I am unable to authenticate. That is correct.

10 Q You don't have a personal memory or recollection that would allow you to

11 determine whether these emails are, in fact, authentic.

12 A I don't -- I don't know if they're authentic. They're kind of in the genre of

13 what we talked about.

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

It gets better, or more absurd. From pages 95 through 99. Think any of this testimony gets airtime on Faux? Anyone?:

8 Q And we talked about how President Kwasniewski felt that Burisma had a role

9 to play in helping as a bulwark against Russia --

10 A Uh-huh.

11 Q -- which was being aggressive toward Ukraine at the time.

12 Is it fair to say that Hunter Biden kind of shared that thought? He was quoted,

13 for example, in the press as saying that: Helping out a domestic Ukrainian gas producer

14 as a bulwark against Russia -- Russian aggression -- seems like I was on the side of angels.

15 A Right. I think that was the belief.

16 Q So is it fair to say that there was kind of an idealistic fiber to Hunter Biden's

17 interest in Burisma, in part?

18 A In part.

19 Q I want to turn to exhibit 2, which is one of the exhibits your counsel and

20 Republican -- committee Republicans agreed to as one of the exhibits in this TI. I want

21 to turn to point 8 in here.

22 "Burisma has an opportunity here to play the hero if it ignores the artificial market

23 value of their product and plays to the national interest."

24 And so I just -- is that kind of a continuation of that theme of Burisma's role in

25 Ukraine's energy independence?

1 A I don't -- I don't really understand that comment. "Opportunity here to

2 play hero if it ignores the artificial market value of their product"?

3 Q I think above it says, "There would be enormous pressure on Burisma to

4 lower prices for the national good."

5 A Oh, oh, I see. I see.

6 Mr. Schwartz. It's okay if you don't understand.

7 Mr. Archer. Yeah, I don't know what that means.

8

9 Q I'd like to point you to point 16 --

10 A Uh-huh.

11 Q -- where in this email it says, "We can actually be of real value here.

12 Developing relationships, bringing U.S. expertise to the company, supplying strategic

13 advice on politics and geopolitical risk assessment."

14 Do you see that sentence?

15 A Yep.

16 Q Does that coincide with your recollection of the value that Hunter Biden felt

17 he could add to the firm Burisma?

18 A That is -- I felt like that was -- yeah, I think collectively we probably felt that.

19 Mr. Goldman. Burisma, as well.

20 Mr. Archer. Yeah, I think that's the -- that was kind of the spirit of it.

21
22 Q I want to point you now to point 20 in this email --

23 A Uh-huh.

24 Q -- where it says, "To that end, they" -- and I believe "they" is a reference to

25 Burisma here -- "need to know in no uncertain terms that we will not and cannot

1 intervene directly with domestic policymakers, and that we need to abide by FARA and

2 any other U.S. laws in the strictest sense across the board."

3 Do you see that sentence?

4 A I do.

5 Q And do you understand FARA to be a reference to the Foreign Agents

6 Registration Act?

7 A I do.

8 Mr. Schwartz. You're asking him his current understanding.

9 Mr. Archer. Yes, current understanding, yes. At the time I don't think I was

10 familiar with FARA.

11 But, yes, I am very aware of it.

12

13 Q Is it your understanding that Hunter Biden felt that it was important that his

14 role -- in his role in Burisma he comply with U.S. laws?

15 A Did he -- did I --

16 Q Yes.

17 A I could speculate that he would think that, yes.

18 Q Based on your interactions with him.

19 A Based on interactions, and I don't think he was looking to break any laws.

20 Mr. Goldman. Well, on this, does this refresh your recollection, this email, as to

21 whether or not you heard him say that to you either in writing or verbally as you look at

22 this document?

23 Mr. Archer. Yeah. He -- yes, he was -- he was very -- he was cognizant of his

24 name and his brand and would talk about it, yeah.

25 Mr. Goldman. This doesn't talk about the name and the brand. This just talks

1 about his -- making sure that Burisma understands --

2 Mr. Archer. Yes.

3 Mr. Goldman. -- the scope of what he can and cannot do and that he cannot

4 intervene directly with domestic policymakers and need to abide by FARA and any other

5 U.S. laws in the strictest sense across the board.

6 Was that your understanding of both his approach and Burisma's understanding,

7 as well?

8 Mr. Archer. I would say -- I would say yes to the first part of the question. The

9 first part of the statement, yes, I think Burisma was constantly looking for more.

10 And it kind of speaks a little bit to that other email that we used as an exhibit

11 earlier where it's, like, we're going to use my dad's thing and take credit for it. There

12 was an element that he was always trying to avoid that but at the same time trying to

13 prove value. So it was this element of, like, signals.

14 Well, we'll return to that --

15 Mr. Schwartz. Your reference to the name and the brand, what you mean is he

16 had to be scrupulous about not violating the law because that would --

17 Mr. Archer. Right. That's why I refer to the brand.

18 Mr. Schwartz. -- reflect on the name and the brand.

19 Mr. Goldman. All right. So when you were talking about the name and the

20 brand, that because of that --

21 Mr. Archer. Because of that --

22 Mr. Goldman. -- it was your understanding that he was even more fastidious

23 about following the law --

24 Mr. Archer. Right.

25 Mr. Goldman. -- because of the name and the brand --

1 Mr. Archer. Yes.

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

Do you see the absurdity of it all, yet? Wait, it gets even better! Pages 100 to 101:

2 Mr. Goldman. -- as you describe it.

3 Mr. Archer. It was a -- it was a constant push-pull in that regard, you know.

4 Mr. Goldman. Because Burisma wanted him --

5 Mr. Archer. People always wanted more.

6 Mr. Goldman. Burisma wanted him to do more --

7 Mr. Archer. Right.

8 Mr. Goldman. -- with his connections.

9 Mr. Archer. Correct.

10 Mr. Goldman. And Hunter Biden understood that he could not do that, but he

11 was trying to --

12 Mr. Archer. Balance it.

13 Mr. Goldman. -- balance it and prove value to a company that expected him to do

14 things that --

15 Mr. Archer. Right.

16 Mr. Goldman. -- he was uncomfortable doing.

17 Mr. Archer. Right.

18

19 Q And so as a Biden, it was important for him to follow the law. Is that fair?

20 A That's fair.

21 Q On point 17, on this same email, the previous page, it says, "BSF" -- which I

22 believe is a reference to Boies Schiller Flexner -- "can actually have direct discussions at

23 state, energy, and NSC. They can devise a media plan and arrange for legal protections

24 and mitigate U.S. domestic negative press regarding the current leadership if need be."

25 Is it your understanding that Hunter Biden's plan, in order to make sure he

1 followed the law, was to hire a different partner at Boies Schiller to take care of these

2 discussions with U.S. Government entities?

3 A Yeah, that happened.

4 Q And so was the idea that hiring kind of that firm for that mission would help

5 ensure that actions on behalf of Burisma stayed in compliance with the law?

6 A That was the intent, yes.

7 Q And in addition to -- and just to be clear, when he talks about Boies Schiller

8 doing that, he's talking about a different partner at Boies Schiller, not him, right?

9 A Right.

10 Q And in addition to bringing in Boies Schiller to do that, is it also fair that at

11 some point a different -- I think you called it lobbying group -- the Blue Star Group was

12 brought in to handle interactions with U.S. Government officials?

13 A Correct.

14 Q And then when we talked about exhibit 10, which is the email about any

15 progress with DHS --

16 A Uh-huh.

17 Q -- I think you mentioned that there was another lobbyist who was brought in

18 to deal with this visa issue.

19 A Yes.

20 Q And I think you said that it actually was unsuccessful and Mr. --

21 A Yes, he never --

22 Q -- Zlochevsky never got his visa.

23 A Correct. It was a lot of work on that. Never happened.

24 Q So is it fair to say that Hunter Biden helped bring in a group of government

25 affairs and lobbying experts to handle the interactions with U.S. Government agencies?

1 A Uh-huh, yes, that's fair to say.

2 Q And so I think you referenced a D.C. team.

3 A Uh-huh.

4 Q Is it fair to say that there was a whole D.C. team that handled public affairs

5 on behalf of Burisma?

6 A Yes.

7 Q And that D.C. team was firms like Boies Schiller, Blue Star Group, this

8 lobbyist who was brought in to do the DHS issue. Is that fair?

9 A Fair.

10 Q That's not Joe Biden.

11 A No, that's not -- that's not the D.C. team.

12 Mr. Goldman. You mean Joe Biden is not the D.C. team.

13 Mr. Archer. Right.

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

Pages 101 through 104. How many remember that two repub senate committees investigated Sleepy Woke Brandon Crime Family when they had the majority and found, you guessed it, nadaburders, sans catsup. How many remember that? So we had Bill DISbarred and POOTWH's DOJ AND a repub senate investigation both come up with NADABURDERS SANS CATSUP. Because of 'Muricans' extremely short memory spans, less than two weeks, I think, and yet, here we are:

15 Q So Congress, particular Republicans in Congress, have been talking about

16 Burisma for a long time.

17 A Uh-huh.

18 Q And so forgive me, but I want to bring up 2020.

19 In 2020, going back a few years, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and

20 Governmental Affairs and the Senate Finance Committee, which were then under

21 Chairman Johnson and Chairman Grassley, Republican chairmen, conducted an extensive

22 investigation in an effort to show some connection between Hunter Biden's work on

23 behalf of Burisma and then Vice President Biden's role in carrying out official U.S. policy in

24 Ukraine.

25 As part of that investigation, there were 46 subpoenas issued, 50 hours of

1 transcribed interviews of 10 witnesses, reviews of tens of thousands of pages of

2 documents over the course of a year-long investigation.

3 A Uh-huh.

4 Q At the conclusion of that investigation, Senate minority staff issued a report

5 summarizing the findings. And I'd like to read those for you.

6 "Every witness interviewed for this investigation testified that Vice President

7 Biden did not alter United States foreign policy to benefit his son Hunter Biden, and that

8 Hunter Biden's presence on the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma had no

9 effect on U.S. foreign policy. (Italics are mine for further emphasis)

10 "Every witness stated that Hunter Biden and his associates had no role in the

11 formulation of U.S. policy, that Hunter Biden's role did not influence U.S. foreign policy

12 decisions, and that Vice President Biden carried out U.S. foreign policy in the interest of

13 the United States.

14 "The investigation's evidence, set forth in this Minority report, confirms there was

15 no corruption, wrongdoing, or impropriety on the part of" the Vice President."

16 Having read that for you, I have a few questions for you based on your own

17 knowledge and experience.

18 So based on your own knowledge and experience -- your relationship with Hunter

19 Biden, your time on Burisma's board, and the entirety of your knowledge and

20 experience -- do you have any basis to disagree with the conclusion that, quote, "Vic

21 President Biden did not alter U.S. foreign policy to benefit his son Hunter Biden"?

22 A I have no basis to know if he altered. I have no basis to know if he altered

23 policy to benefit his son.

24 Q So you have no knowledge --

25 A I have no knowledge. Sorry.

1 Q -- of him --

2 A Yes, I have no knowledge.

3 Q -- altering U.S. policy to benefit his son.

4 A I have no knowledge.

5 Q You -- do you have any basis to disagree with the conclusion that "Hunter

6 Biden's presence on the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma had no effect on

7 U.S. foreign policy"?

8 A Not directly. You mean like making laws? I don't -- I don't think so.

9 Mr. Goldman. Foreign policy.

10 Mr. Archer. No -- no -- no on foreign policy.

11

12 Q No basis to disagree with that conclusion.

13 A No.

14 Q Do you have any basis to disagree with the conclusion that "Hunter Biden's

15 role did not influence U.S. foreign policy decisions"?

16 A I have -- yeah, I have no basis.

17 Q Do you have any basis to disagree with the conclusion that "Vice President

18 Biden carried out U.S. foreign policy in the interest of the United States"?

19 A I have no basis to judge.

20 Q Or to disagree with that.

21 A Or disagree.

22 Q You have no knowledge -- nothing based on your knowledge or experience

23 contradicts this conclusion.

24 A No.

25 Q Does anything in your knowledge or experience contradict the conclusion

1 that "there was no corruption, wrongdoing, or impropriety on the part of Vice President

2 Biden"?

3 A I have no basis to know.

4 Q The report also found, quote, "No --"

5 Mr. Goldman. I'm sorry. You have no basis to know or is that a no?

6 Mr. Archer. I have -- I have -- I would have no idea.

7 Mr. Goldman. No basis --

8 Mr. Schwartz. Are you aware of any wrongdoing by Vice President Biden?

9 Mr. Archer. No, I'm not aware of any.

10

11 Q So based on your knowledge and experience, you have no evidence that

12 would contradict any of these conclusions I just read.

13 A No.

14 Q The report also found, quote, "No evidence that any action of the U.S.

15 Government or any U.S. official was taken to benefit Burisma or Hunter Biden."

16 Do you have any evidence or knowledge that contradicts this conclusion?

17 A No.

18 Q So based on everything you saw, heard, and observed, did you have any

19 knowledge of Joe Biden having any involvement with Burisma?

20 A No -- not direct, no.

21 Q No involvement of Joe --

22 A No.

23 Q -- Biden with Burisma.

24 A No. My only thought is that I think Burisma would have gone out of

25 business if it didn't have the brand attached to it. That's my, like, only honest opinion.

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

For you golfers on here, is this normal golfing behavior? On a golf course? Ever have someone playing ahead of you or behind you come up and say something about your attire? See, reading is fun! Pages 132 to 133:

9 Mr. Goldman. Let me ask you a followup. You've used this Jamie Dimon

10 analogy, and I think you used it during the majority's time of questioning in reference to

11 your description of the brand.

12 Mr. Archer. Uh-huh.

13 Mr. Goldman. Just so I can understand what you mean by that, let's take the

14 Trump family.

15 Mr. Archer. Sure.

16 Mr. Goldman. Would you say that the Trump family has a brand?

17 Mr. Archer. Absolutely.

18 Mr. Goldman. And would you say that Donald Trump, Jr., gets access and --

19 Mr. Schwartz. This is so out of scope. He doesn't know anything about the

20 Trump family.

21 Mr. Goldman. Well, did you play golf with Donald Trump?

22 Mr. Archer. No, I haven't played golf with him.

23 Mr. Goldman. You never did play golf with Donald Trump?

24 Mr. Archer. Oh, I did play behind him. Sorry. Scratch that. I played behind (Italics are mine for added emphasis)

25 him. And then he came up to me at the clubhouse and talked -- he didn't know who I

1 was, but he didn't like my, like, athletic shorts.

2 Mr. Goldman. It is within the scope. If you're going to bring up Jamie Dimon,

3 then we get to clarify what he means by "the brand."

4 Mr. Archer. That's fine

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

I'm sure this is being reported on Faux News and ANALOAN, as well as Ragemax? Page 135:

12 Mr. Goldman. And just to be clear, Joe Biden had nothing to do with any of your

13 business ventures with Hunter Biden, right? He was --

14 Mr. Archer. As far as ownership

15 Mr. Goldman. Yeah, or --

16 Mr. Archer. No.

17 Mr. Goldman. -- investing or anything, to your knowledge.

18 Mr. Archer. Not to my knowledge.

19 Mr. Goldman. And in all this exhibit 1, 260 pages, you didn't see a single wire

20 transfer to Joe Biden, did you?

21 Mr. Archer. I -- no, I have not seen a wire transfer to Joe Biden.

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

If you feel so inclined to peruse the fine work of the repubs getting answers for the 'Murican people yourself. I hate reading press synopisis when the real deal is available. Little tidbits here and there that never get reported. And much richer context. Context matters, folks. Some folks on here could benefit from reading source documents as well, rather than relying upon the news source of their choice.

GO212551 (house.gov)

nicknyr15 · August 2023

Someone pulled an all nighter. I’d much rather sleep

josevolution · August 2023

nicknyr15 said:

Someone pulled an all nighter. I’d much rather sleep

You know who didn’t sleep last night and probably won’t this weekend yep you guessed it lardass!

nicknyr15 · August 2023

josevolution said:

nicknyr15 said:

Someone pulled an all nighter. I’d much rather sleep

You know who didn’t sleep last night and probably won’t this weekend yep you guessed it lardass!

That guy sleeps like a baby. He’s a narcissist with zero remorse

josevolution · August 2023

nicknyr15 said:

josevolution said:

nicknyr15 said:

Someone pulled an all nighter. I’d much rather sleep

You know who didn’t sleep last night and probably won’t this weekend yep you guessed it lardass!

That guy sleeps like a baby. He’s a narcissist with zero remorse

That he is but I’m sure he stays up watching all the news channels to see what everyone is saying about him!

mickeyrat · August 2023

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1689456350043242496?t=lVwhjWGbSKS9yS3ZIQXFCQ&s=19

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

mickeyrat said:

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1689456350043242496?t=lVwhjWGbSKS9yS3ZIQXFCQ&s=19

THE DEEP STATE STRIKES AGAIN! THEY’RE COMING FOR YOU!!!!!!!

Merkin Baller · August 2023

mickeyrat said:

https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1689456350043242496?t=lVwhjWGbSKS9yS3ZIQXFCQ&s=19

lofuckingl

Halifax2TheMax · August 2023

Finally! Finally going to get to the bottom of it! Wait? Appointed by POOTWH? DEEP STATE! From Delaware? DEEP DEEP STATE!

Justice Department names special counsel in Hunter Biden case

The surprise announcement appeared aimed at rebutting GOP criticism that the process has been politicized.

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday appointed U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware as special counsel in the ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax case, a move that appeared aimed at rebutting Republican criticism that the process had been politicized.

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Justice Department names special counsel in Hunter Biden case

The surprise announcement appeared aimed at rebutting GOP criticism that the process has been politicized.

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