Posted on 07/30/2023 8:34:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
We reported earlier Sunday about a letter that the Department of Justice sent to Devon Archer’s attorney.
The letter was trying to arrange a surrender date for Archer to turn himself over to be sent to prison on the unrelated fraud case for which he was convicted. He appealed the case and lost and had been out on bail pending the appeal.
The letter sent to Archer on the weekend, right before he was to testify on Monday, had a lot of people talking who were concerned that it could be an effort to intimidate him. That’s what had Fox’s Maria Bartiromo and the House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer going.
Why doesn't Biden's DOJ want Devon Archer to testify?
With Devon Archer set to testify on Monday about Hunter Biden's involvement with Burisma and other shady business deals, Biden's DOJ sends out a letter on Saturday urging that a surrender date for Archer be set immediately. pic.twitter.com/b2ScFfax6G
— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) July 30, 2023
Some interpreted it as an attempt to lock him up before testifying. As attorney Margot Cleveland explained, that wasn’t what this was. The timing comes after he lost a petition for a rehearing, with a mandate being entered last week.
2/ U.S. Attorney DID NOT try to put him in custody on Saturday; they wrote to Archer’s attorney to arrange a surrender date. AND even now, with Archer’s attorney saying it’s premature, US Attorney only said “we want a chance to respond.
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) July 30, 2023
The government is asking the judge to set a date for him to turn himself over. Archer’s attorney is disagreeing because he’s saying they’re going to continue to appeal (so Archer should get to stay out in the meantime). Archer’s attorney is also raising another question about sentencing.
So while it may still be an effort to intimidate, given the timing, it was a bit more nuanced than some were saying; they’re not actually rushing out to lock him up tomorrow. The government and Archer’s attorney are still talking. The turnover is not necessarily something that’s going to happen immediately; that’s up to the judge in the matter to decide, so we’ll have to see.
Now Devon Archer’s attorney, Matthew Schwartz, is weighing in with what Archer thinks about the letter, and it’s an interesting reaction.
From Devon Archer attorney Matthew L. Schwartz:
pic.twitter.com/z6WvbPJYeL— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) July 30, 2023
Schwartz said that they were aware of the speculation about the letter being an effort by the Biden administration to intimidate Archer.
Schwartz said that “Archer does not agree with that speculation.” Schwartz said, “In any case, Mr. Archer will do what he has planned to all along, which is to show up on Monday, and to honestly answer the questions that are put to him by the Congressional investigators.”
It’s good if he doesn’t think that this is intimidation. Maybe he won’t be intimidated and will lay out the truth. It’s a lot to face, knowing the power that they might array against you. I hope that he’s not backing off. Let’s hope he sticks to his guns and doesn’t flip. I would guess that he’s made some form of a proffer to the House Oversight Committee as to what he has to say, generally. That’s why we were able to report that he was likely to tell the Committee that he’s expected to lay out the connections to Joe Biden including through phone calls at business meetings. As we’ve said, he has a lot he could say if he wants to. He can’t go back on anything he may have already represented to the Committee, though; if he does, he might be in other trouble.
We detailed that the Committee has a lot of information already, including the 170 suspicious activity reports on Hunter and Joe Biden, plus another 100 or so reports that are related to them.
So we shall have to see. Let’s hope Archer sticks to his guns.
Looking like Crooked Joe would be better described by President Trump as “Traitor Joe”!
$20 Archer commits suicide if he’s incarcerated.
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I believe the timing is meant to intimidate him before tomorrow’s hearing.
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The Cameras weren’t functioning or didn’t cover the area of concern.
8 more Indictments of Trump.
DOJ employees working on a Saturday to send the letter? No intent to intimidate the witness at all. No siree. Since when do 9 to 5 government employees work outside normal schedules? They must have a lot of witnesses in need of intimidation to warrant the overtime.
Devon Archer didn’t kill himself, chop himself up into little pieces, and place himself into weighted trashbags sunk to the bottom of Lake Mead
we are putting moderate members, members that won Biden, won districts. We are putting those seats at risk for 2024. We are putting the majority at risk.
Honest question....Can anyone tell me anything positive the ‘majority’ has done since being the ‘majority’?
McCarthy said he was going to release all the footage. Released about 15 minutes worth, primarily of one guy, who may or may not, actually be aligned with ANTIFA.
The ‘majority’ has passed all of Biden’s economic plans to the detriment of the country all so they can say they MIGHT save a few billion over the next few years.
The ‘majority’ continues to allow Mayorkas to do what he wants and ridicule them every time he shows up to a hearing.
The ‘majority’ continues to allow the FBI and DOJ to run roughshod over every law on the books.
I’m betting there are a lot of folks that could a lot more to this list and we still have another 18 months to go.
They will probably Epstein him. 🥲😊😆
Could be they’re just nailing down the (for now) finality of the conviction so house dems can spend all their time making him Al Capone. Big noise.
“Schwartz said that “Archer does not agree with that speculation.” Schwartz said, “In any case, Mr. Archer will do what he has planned to all along, which is to show up on Monday, and to honestly answer the questions that are put to him by the Congressional investigators.””
It’ll depend on what his testimony will be as to whether he is being intimidated. How about they schedule Bobulinski to testify right after Archer and let Archer know he’s coming.
It would be interesting to see how the two testimonies line up . . .
Biden’s DOJ is run by a bunch of corrupt extremists.
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