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   On 29 Aug 2023, Gemini  posted some   
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   > Yeah, we believe Biden like we would a Democrat swearing on a stack of   
   > used shit paper.   
      
   Republicans accused the president of lying, while Democrats said the   
   testimony of Devon Archer, who worked with Hunter Biden, showed that his   
   son was selling the illusion of access to his father.   
      
   President Biden met with and spoke to his son Hunter’s international   
   business associates on a number of occasions over a decade as Hunter   
   Biden sought to drum up consulting deals, including while his father was   
   vice president, his former business partner told Congress on Monday.   
      
   However, in nearly five hours of closed-door testimony to the House   
   Oversight Committee, Devon Archer, the former partner, asserted that the   
   elder Mr. Biden was not party to any of his son’s business deals and   
   that Hunter Biden had tried to sell the illusion that he was providing   
   access to his powerful father when he was not, according to Democrats on   
   the panel.   
      
   Mr. Archer’s testimony, which he provided in response to a subpoena, was   
   the latest bit of evidence in an investigation by House Republicans into   
   Hunter Biden’s business dealings and conduct. Republicans have claimed   
   repeatedly — and so far without proof — that the investigations   
   implicate the president in corruption and crimes.   
      
   Republicans pointed to the interview as evidence that President Biden   
   had lied when he claimed he had no involvement in his son’s business   
   dealings, and some said that was grounds for impeaching the elder Mr.   
   Biden.   
      
   Mr. Archer told lawmakers during the session that Hunter Biden had put   
   his father on speakerphone to talk to his business partners about 20   
   times over a decade, according to both Republicans and Democrats in the   
   room.   
      
   Representative James R. Comer, Republican of Kentucky and chairman of   
   the Oversight Committee, said Mr. Archer had testified that Mr. Biden   
   was put on the phone to sell “the brand.” The phone calls were made   
   during a range of events, including a dinner in Paris with a French   
   energy company and another in China with the executive of an investment   
   fund, Mr. Comer said.   
      
   “Devon Archer’s testimony today confirms Joe Biden lied to the American   
   people when he said he had no knowledge about his son’s business   
   dealings and was not involved,” Mr. Comer said in a statement.   
      
   But Democrats said that Mr. Archer had described the conversations in   
   which the elder Mr. Biden participated as short and casual — about   
   topics like the weather — and his interactions as little more than   
   stopping by a dinner or a hotel for a brief handshake or a few   
   pleasantries over the phone.   
      
   “The witness was very, very consistent that none of those conversations   
   ever had to do with any business dealings or transactions,” said   
   Representative Dan Goldman, Democrat of New York and a member of the   
   Oversight Committee who participated in the interview. “They were purely   
   what he called ‘casual conversation.’”   
      
   A transcript of the interview was not immediately released.   
   Congressional transcripts typically undergo a review process before they   
   are finalized.   
      
   https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/us/politics/hunter-biden-devon-archer.   
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