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Biden has an easy way to completely derail the GOP impeachment inquiry if, as he insists, there’s really absolutely nothing there: Just hand over your bank records, sir, and those of Hunter and his shell companies. Seeing those records is the central reason Speaker Kevin McCarthy upgraded House investigations to such an inquiry, now that they’ve established such hard facts as: As veep, Joe met with Hunter’s “biz” associates at least 16 times, amid more than 80 White House visits. That includes Joe dining with Burisma exec Vadym Pozharsky at DC’s posh Cafe Milano. Hunter’s then-partner Devon Archer says the...

A Roman road network that spanned Devon and Cornwall and connected significant settlements with military forts across the two counties as well as wider Britannia has been discovered for the first time.Archaeologists at the University have used laser scans collected as part of the Environment Agency’s National LiDAR Programme to identify new sections of road west of the previously understood boundary.Using sophisticated geographical modelling techniques, which incorporate information around gradients and flood risk, the researchers have then been able to map out the full extent of the network and begin to understand the rationale for its existence.Among the things it...

“The Bidens are the best at doing exactly what Chairman wants.” That WhatsApp message to a Chinese business associate was the perfect epitaph for the entire Biden corruption scandal. Part of the brilliance of the Biden influence peddling operation was to invest the media in the denial of any scandal. That is no more evident than the much discussed 2015 dinner of President Joe Biden with his son’s foreign associates. The alleged dinner demolished Joe Biden’s long denials of any knowledge of his son’s dealings. Accordingly, the Biden campaign denied he ever attended and the media happily dismissed the account....

First son Hunter Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer told lawmakers this week that Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings brought the political scion onto its board so that “people would be intimidated to mess with them … legally.” ... Archer also revealed that then-Vice President Joe Biden met twice with his son’s shady post-Soviet business partners at DC’s Café Milano, not once as previously reported. These and other revelations blow new holes in Biden’s claim that he never discussed business with his now-53-year-old son — as House Republicans move closer to launching an impeachment inquiry. The transcript also confirms...

It’s not at all surprising that a powerful, corrupt political family may want to threaten someone who is about to “sing” to authorities under oath. According to a source close to Hunter Biden, who is expected to provide Congress with explosive information against the Biden family, the former best buddy, and partner in business is now “in hiding” after getting “threats.” Devon Archer, 49, admitted to pals that he had to leave both his Long Island and Brooklyn homes but that he still intended to go before the House Oversight Committee on Monday. .....

Hunter Biden's former best friend and business partner who is set to give Congress bombshell evidence against the Biden family is now 'in hiding' after receiving 'threats', a source close to him told DailyMail.com. Devon Archer, 49, has been forced to flee both his Long Island and Brooklyn homes, he told friends – but still plans to testify to the House Oversight Committee on Monday. Archer partnered with Hunter on multiple shady overseas deals, and was subpoenaed by the committee in June to testify. A source close to Archer confirmed reports that he is set to testify about meetings he...

Hunter Biden and his business associates attempted to get Burisma founder Mykola Zlochevsky a U.S. visa shortly after the president’s son became a board member of the Ukrainian energy firm, according to emails reviewed by the Daily Caller. The emails in Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop archive show a coordinated attempt to obtain a visa for Zlochevsky while he was being investigated by Ukrainian authorities for corruption. Biden and some of his associates were potentially “engaging in registrable lobbying activity,” and one email indicates that Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) violations could have been occurring outside of the exchanges, a FARA...

WASHINGTON — Former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer is in talks with the House Oversight Committee to testify about his knowledge of the first family’s business dealings in countries including Russia and Ukraine. Archer, a since-convicted felon, was a central figure in the dealings of President Biden’s family while he was vice president and seems receptive to speaking with committee staff about what he knows, a source told The Post. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Monday issued a subpoena for Archer to appear Friday for a deposition, but he will instead be allowed to negotiate a...

Archaeological investigators have found evidence of an ancient road, Bronze Age homes and Roman farmsteads on the site of a new town in Devon.Last year, the team at Sherford found "Ice Age megafauna" including mammoth, rhino and wolf remains...Rob Bourn of Orion Heritage said the latest finds were "fascinating"...The "probable Roman road" runs across the site of Sherford Business Park, which lies partly within the Plymouth and South Devon Freeport.llIts crushed slate surface and "visible" drainage points reflect construction methods of the time, they said.Other uncovered artefacts shine a light on different periods of history.These include roundhouse postholes, which are...

Biden's recommendation letter for Chinese executive's son was sent directly to Brown's president, email says. ... The resident has repeatedly denied discussing Hunter's business ventures with his son. Fox News Digital obtained emails between Hunter Biden and his business associates involved in his firm Rosemont Seneca’s joint venture with Chinese investment firms Bohai Capital and BHR. ... Hunter held a 10% stake in BHR as recently as last year, the White House previously acknowledged. ... In an email dated Jan. 3, 2017, and sent to Hunter Biden and his business associates Devon Archer and Jim Bolger, CEO of BHR ......

Multiple 2016 and 2017 emails from Hunter Biden’s longtime business partner Eric Schwerin .. raise new questions about a claim made by Biden's attorney regarding Biden's divestiture in a technology-focused fund. Leaked Treasury Department records obtained as part of the FinCen Files revealed that Hares Youssef, a Ukrainian-Syrian businessman with alleged ties to Russian organized crime, paid mbloom — a now-defunct technology startup fund backed by Hawaii’s Strategic State Development Corporation and Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners (RSTP) — nearly $3 million. ... The transaction was flagged via a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) by the City National Bank in Los Angeles...

A new study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland has identified the likely burials of up to 65 British Kings and senior royals... Prior to the study, only one post-Roman burial of an indigenous British monarch from the Dark Ages has been identified (although nine Anglo-Saxon royal graves have been found on previous excavations).Archaeologists now suggest that 20 probable royal burial complexes each containing up to five graves (with a further 11 burial complexes under consideration) have been identified that appear to date from the fifth and sixth centuries AD.During this period, the east...

Behind the scenes at Sandford Orchards, the UK's oldest working cider mill - producers of Fanny’s Bramble and moreWhere else could you enjoy a Devon Red, a Shaky Bridge, or a Fanny’s Bramble all under the same roof? The answer is in Devon’s oldest working cider mill, Sandford Orchards, in Crediton. The smell of apples hits you before you see them. Not a sickly sweet apple pie smell. But a tangy, earthy aroma reminiscent of autumn and pubs and perhaps a few hazy nights out. Because if there’s one drink that’s synonymous with Devon, it’s cider. And if there’s one...

Pro-life students at Exeter University say they have received death threats over their views on abortion. Christian Concern, which is supporting Students for Life, has warned of an escalation in cancel culture after 7,000 people signed a petition demanding that the group be "abolished". The society exists to equip pro-life students with the tools they need to share their views "in a sensitive and respectful way". The petition against it has been sent along with an open letter to university authorities, but Christian Concern says it follows a "campaign of abuse" against the Students for Life Instagram page. Members of...

To this day, brides leave flowers on her grave on the day of their wedding to avoid a cursed marriageThe morning of October 11, 1641 was cold, wet and misty in Chagford. But despite the depressing weather, a young lady by the name of Mary Whiddon was in a joyous mood: today was her wedding day. Looking resplendent in her white wedding dress, there were gasps of approval as she climbed down from her carriage outside and entered the Church of St Michael the Archangel. Read more: 89 stand-out memories from the Preston area of Paignton After a brief...

Joe Biden as vice president hired one of his son Hunter’s investment-firm staffers as a personal assistant, emails from his son’s discarded laptop show. Anne Marie Person, 34, left Hunter Biden’s Rosemont Seneca Partners in 2014 to join the veep’s staff — and stayed in close contact with her former bosses, keeping them apprised of visiting dignitaries and official events they might have interest in, according to the emails. Rosemont Seneca and its affiliates have come under scrutiny, as the US Department of Justice investigates Hunter Biden’s foreign dealings as part of a possible tax-fraud probe. Hunter Biden secured meetings...

"... both Irish and Welsh sources portrayed it as a tribal migration of the Irish Dessi or Deisi headed by their own king and, from the Irish viewpoint, a suitable 'expulsion' saga was adduced. The direct line of Irish rulers of Welsh Dyfed went on into the 7th and 8th centuries. An interesting mix arose; by 400 Irish and British were fully differing languages, and additionally Christians from both nations used different scripts (Latin and Ogham) for their memorials. Irish never replaced British in Wales the way it did in Scotland, but relative numerical strengths do not necessarily explain why;...

Lesley Perrett dances with her sheep once a year and this video is the most popular one yetA farmer in Bradworthy has found fame overnight after sharing a video of herself dancing with her sheep on Facebook. In the video, Lesley Perret, who runs Brexworthy Farm with her husband, dances to the song ‘I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’' by the Scissor Sisters, while her sheep chew on hay and look bemused in the background. Lesley says that she shared the video to the Facebook group ‘Ladies who Lamb’ as part of an annual tradition where she uploads a video of...

He believes it had been closed up for more than 50 yearsA man who drilled a hole in his wall was stunned to find a secret 120-year-old tunnel underneath his house. Jake Brown was doing some work at his newly bought home when he realised that one wall had different textures. He inspected further and made an opening big enough to get his head through to take another look. To his shock, Jake discovered there was a huge area underneath his home in Plymouth, Devon, so he opened it up to investigate. Inside the tunnel he discovered items including paint...

Three boatloads of people will be allowed to explore tunnels and crumbling fortificationsEvery nook and cranny teems with history. The tales of war, adventure, death and crime are myriad but for 30 years the people of Plymouth have only been able to gaze across at Drake’s Island – but not set foot there. But on Sunday three boatloads of visitors will make the short hop from the Devon city to explore the crumbling fortifications, the bramble-covered barrack buildings and its mysterious tunnels. The island in Plymouth Sound has been off-limits since 1989 – when an adventure centre on the island...