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Hunter Biden’s world was crashing down on him in 2018. He was the target of a federal tax investigation, in the throes of drug addiction, and had just fathered a child with whom he wanted no contact. But one thing brought the troubled first son joy: a temporary legal reprieve for a longtime business partner who defrauded a Native American tribe out of $60 million. "Im [sic] smiling for the first time in a year," Hunter Biden wrote his partner, Devon Archer, on Nov. 18, 2018, after a judge overturned Archer’s conviction months earlier for defrauding the Wakpamni tribe in...

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...

The White House has repeatedly refused to answer questions about the special counsel investigation into President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified material. However, a “source familiar with the matter” told CNN that the documents included “U.S. intelligence memos and briefing materials” about Ukraine , the United Kingdom, and Iran dating from 2013 through 2016. This is important, especially when we consider who might have had access to Biden’s documents. There is likely no individual more familiar with the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop than New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, who literally wrote the book on it. On Wednesday, she...

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...

The Times sued after STATE allegedly slow-walked a records request. A NYT lawyer said the State Department will start handing over records in April. "The parties are still negotiating the number of pages to be processed in and the frequency of each production," McGraw wrote, "and propose to provide a status report to the Court March 25, 2022, of the results of this negotiation." In a court filing Friday, David McCraw, wrote that the State Dept had begun identifying records the Times requested and agreed to give them to the Times starting in April. "The State Department has started identifying...

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...

WAKPAMNI LAKE – The Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation bond scheme that defrauded unwitting investors of more than $60 million, attracted the attention of the Wall Street Journal, because of a high profile name connected to it, Hunter Biden. [snip] According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, in May 2016, seven people connected to the WLCC case were indicted then arrested for securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud: Jason Galanis, Hugh Dunkerley, Gary Hirst, John Galanis, a/k/a “Yanni,” Bevan Cooney, Devon Archer and Michelle Morton.

Senator Ron Johnson has requested information from the attorneys of Hunter Biden and Devon Archer after a bombshell Congressional report on Wednesday revealed that the duo had received millions in cash transfers from foreign nationals. A years-long investigation by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs and Senate Finance Committees revealed on Wednesday that, among other arrangements that raised red flags among government officials, Biden had received a $3.5 million wire transfer from a Moscow politician's wife and Archer had received over $140,000 from a Kazakhstan businessman. Johnson, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,...

A former US soldier flew to India to have a sex change as part of a growing trend of foreigners traveling out to the country to have operations at budget clinics. Dressed in a bright blue sari and wearing ornate Indian jewellery, Betty Ann Archer, 64, who was born Dale, said she felt trapped in the wrong body. 'I attempted to kill myself twice...I didn't like myself. I didn't like my body at all. I couldn't be myself', she explained. 'I became very ill in 2011 and almost died. While I was recovering I came to the conclusion that I...

After 400 years in the Virginia dirt, the box came out of the ground looking like it had been plucked from the ocean. A tiny silver brick, now encrusted with a green patina and rough as sandpaper. Buried beneath it was a human skeleton. The remains would later be identified as those of Captain Gabriel Archer, one of the most prominent leaders at Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America. But it was the box, which appeared to be an ancient Catholic reliquary, that had archaeologists bewildered and astonished... ...It’s the kind of discovery that makes historians, anthropologists, archaeologists,...

Unearthed, the prince of Stonehenge By Roger Highfield (Filed: 21/08/2002) A prehistoric prince with gold ear-rings has been found near Stonehenge a few yards away from the richest early Bronze Age burial in Britain. Earlier this year, archaeologists found an aristocratic warrior, also with gold ear-rings, on Salisbury Plain and speculated that he may have been an ancient king of Stonehenge. The body was laid to rest 4,300 years ago during the construction of the monument, along with stone arrow heads and slate wristguards that protected the arm from the recoil of the bow. Archaeologists named him the Amesbury Archer....

CNN reports the Air Force has said a C-17 aircraft has crashed in southern Archer County. The network said the plane was carrying military personnel. ...

An archer has achieved a one-in-a-million feat of marksmanship after splitting one arrow with another. What makes the shot even more remarkable is that Tilly Trotter is blind. The 74-year-old grandmother pulled off the shot, known among archers as a "Robin Hood", at a practice session of the Wellington Bowmen in Somerset. Mrs Trotter, who has been an archer for two years at the invitation of granddaughter Charlotte, said: "The second arrow made such a noise going into the back of previous arrow I thought I had hit the ceiling or done some expensive damage. "Then I heard people jumping...

Forgotten Post-Achaemenid Archer Still Waits to Shout!Bas-relief of the post-Achaemenid archerRelief of a unique post-Achaemenid archer, which was remained unknown for hundreds of years, has been discovered during archeological excavations in the furthest parts behind Salman-e Farsi dam in Fars province. Tehran, 6 May 2007 (CHN Foreign Desk) – Continuation of archeological excavations in the vicinity of Salman-e Farsi reservoir, Iranian Fars province, resulted in discovery of a huge rock with relief of a archer who is riding a horse dating back to post-Achaemenid period (333-248 BC). This unique bas-relief is on verge of destruction. Announcing this news, Alireza Jafari...

If John Kerry becomes President he will find himself on the horns of a dilemma - which close friend to ditch when he chooses a new Secretary of State. According to today's Washington Post, Kerry would pick his national security team within a few weeks after winning the White House and two of his closest friends, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) or Richard Holbrooke reportedly want the job of running the State Department.

NEW YORK - George Archer, the former Masters champion who died in September at age 65, kept a lifelong secret that his widow reveals in a recent issue of Golf for Women magazine: He was illiterate. He won 12 times on the PGA Tour, including his 1969 victory at Augusta National. Mrs. Archer says her husband worried about going back to the Masters to defend his title. "He was afraid that fans would want him to personalize the autographs he signed or that he'd have to read some prepared sentences on television," she wrote. She said his condition today likely...

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. -- George Archer, one of the best putters in PGA Tour history and winner of the 1969 Masters Tournament, died at his home Sunday after a long battle with Burkitts Lymphoma. He was 65. A San Francisco native, the 6-foot-5 Archer turned professional in 1964 and won 12 times on the PGA Tour. He enjoyed even more success on the Champions Tour, capturing 19 titles. He also earned eight Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions victories. "His transition was so graceful and courageous," said his wife Donna, who was at his bedside when he passed away. "The last year was...

Ex-Detroit Mayor Archer backing ex-aide Hendrix for job 5/31/2005, 6:31 p.m. ET By DEE-ANN DURBIN The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Former Mayor Dennis Archer endorsed his former aide Freman Hendrix in the Detroit mayor's race Tuesday, saying Hendrix has the honesty and integrity for the job. "Rarely if ever has a candidate for mayor been so well-prepared for the job," Archer said. "Freman has the experience and maturity to lead this city forward and he has the judgment and temperament to bring everybody along." Archer also presented the Hendrix campaign with a $10,000 check at a Tuesday afternoon news...

As Social Security’s critics know, the government program is robed in myths, for example, that it is “insurance” financed with a “trust fund,” paying “guaranteed” benefits “as a matter of earned right.” These myths have given most Americans a mistaken understanding of Social Security. As a result, they perniciously affected policymaking in the past and severely constrain reform options today. Beginning in 1935, when Social Security was enacted, the program’s administrators made a huge effort to shape the public’s understanding of and beliefs about it. In speeches, articles, pamphlets, and other mass-circulation literature, they described Social Security as “insurance” under...