with that thank you let's talk about able archer 83. what was able archer 83? according to the nsa, not the national security archive where i work, the real nsa. an excellent volume on the cold war that is one of the best declassified reads i've read. 1982-1984 was called quote the most dangerous confrontation since the cuban missile crisis. able archer 83 was the crux of it. it was a native nuclear exercise exercise thatr caused unprecedented military actions in the soviet union and and may have put us on a hair trigger with them according to a u.s. analysis. in other words, one of the two most dangerous moments of the cold war is largely unknown to the public. in my book, i argued that able archer 83 brought the world unacceptably closer to nuclear war and had a key effect on our foreign policy and its effect on the danger helped ronald reagan lead us to the end of the cold war. speaking of president reagan, here is one of his famous notecards. you may know that he always had notecards. prepared by his staff. he used them and used them well. this is a great d

firing out and wounding archer who's captured moments later. police officials say archer later confessed to the ambush and he gave a chilling reason. >> he stated he pledges his allegiance to islamic state he follows allah and that is the reason he was called upon to do this. >> according to him he believed that the police defend laws that are contrary to the teaching of the occur rhawn. >> reporter: authorities search add pair of addresses linked to archer on friday. including one in delaware county and another in west philadelphia. archery leased from the hospital into police custody has not revealed whether he belongs to isis or simply supports their cause. >> i think that was part of his savviness, if you will, in stopping just short of implicating anyone else. >> reporter: 33-year-old officer hartnett a five year veteran of the philadelphia force remains hospitalized with what are described as very serious injuries to his left a arm. mayor kenney says the city will provide the officer and his family with whatever they need. >> our officers

maria: what are you expecting to get from devon archer. >> i don't want to put words in devon archer'si'll say this. he has an opportunity to come tomorrow to the house oversight committee and tell the truth. he has an town be a hero, like the two whistleblowers were, like the judge in delaware was who rejected the sweetheart plea deal from the department of justice to hunter biden. devon archer could be in that category of americans that just come and tell the truth. cheryl: that was house oversight committee chairman james comer joining maria on sunday morning futures ahead of devon archer's highly anticipated closed door testimony on capitol hill today. the department of justice is now claiming it did not call for archer to be jailed ahead of his testimony. the doj saying in a new letter to a new york judge, quote, the government request that any surrender date should the court order one is scheduled to report after the defendant's congressional testimony is complete. this comes after a letter sent saturday appearing to show the doj pushing for archer to report to prison. liz, we've

archer, how important was the biden brand to your business? conclude less productive than you would expect there. chad, do we see a story that is sliding here now? when you put together what you just reported with dan goldman from new york saying there were conversations but innocent, essentially. and what karine jean-pierre said a week ago, never in business, so the language changes there. is this a story that is slipping? >> it appears that there are some changes. certainly from what the white house said a couple of days ago from the press secretary. again, and it might be an issue of interpretation when dan goldman says these were casual conversations, did they just put the president on the horn. but keep in mind if you are dealing with people overseas and you are the son of the vice president, now the president, and you put him on the speaker phone, that is going to carry a certain amount of weight, especially when you are dealing with this question of the ukrainian prosecutor, and that's what republicans are trying to get at here saying w

why did burisma hire devin archer? because he was close to long-time political associate and bagman for the sitting u.s. secretary of state john kerry. why did they put hunter biden on the board? he knows nothing about the natural gas business. why did they hire him? because he's the son of the sitting vice president of the united states. there is a direct connection between biden -- joe biden and hunter biden. they're father and son. i used to spend some time in central europe. one of the gifts left by the soviets is corruption. if you had problems with the government in kiev, you hired an american. what better americans to hire for burisma to hire than the buddy of the sitting vice president -- secretary of state and the son of the sitting vice president of the united states. there was corruption right from the get-go. the fact that the vice president, then vice president, now president thinks that it's to his advantage to say i never talked to my son about his business, he should have. son, you're involved in a corr

>>s cross-examining devon archer. so devon archer ooh's explaining the value of hunter biden sitting on the burisma board. well, it's for the grand. what does that mean, the brand? if who's the brand? if watch this testimony unfold. so archer says the brand, i think that's why burisma was able to survive for as long as it did. goldman says, because of additional capital or what in no, just because of brand. goldman says, well, i don't understand. how does that have an impact? archer says, well, capabilities to navigate d.c. that they were able to, you know, basically be in the news cycle. i think that preserved them from, you know, a longevity standpoint. that's, like, my honest, that's like really what i -- that's how i think about this holistically k. and goldman says, but how would that work? archer says, because people would be intimidate to mess with them, again, because of the brand. goldman asks, in what way? and archer says, legally. [laughter] this is about getting a prosecutor fired this ukraine. pete: he's

devon archer was one of the key players very close to the biden family.a question of what does he know and what is he going to tell investigators? how close will to get them to solving this mystery about president biden's involvement in the form business deals? >> as vice president joe biden bragged about getting a prosecutor fired who was looking into the burisma company. had put his son and devon archer on its board. you have to wonder what the connection is there. quickset is right. that is right when joe biden was becoming sort of the top u.s. figure dealing with ukraine on behalf of the obama administration. these a burisma board seats were lucrative. up to one year to year presidet biden's make and they were wiring money to devon archer as well. and victor was a general prosecutor to ukraine was ousted during biden's at time of working with ukraine heat later bragged about getting him fired and now the democrats will argue there were many others who thought he was not doing enough to prosecute corruption in ukraine. but at the time he was fired, he

archer and mr. biden, media alsoce noticed same day abc newssa reporter asked obama white house stress secretary k. >> hunter biden taken a position with largest oil and gas company in ukraine. is there a concern about the appearance of a conflict there? vice president's son. >> i would refer you to vice president's office, i saw the reports. hunter biden and other members of the biden family are private citizens, and where they work is not reflect an endorsement by the administration or vice president or president, i would refer you toce the vice president's was on the. >> next day, the "washington post" ran ahi story about it. it said, appointmef vice president's son to a ukrainian oil board looks at best, neffarious at worst. . media done stop questioning -- didn't stop asking question its kept going. >> >> something strange happened. just 3 weeks later a ukraine an natural gas company, burisma accused of corrupt corruption appoints hunter biden to board of director paying his firm more than a mi

devon archer is is now a convicted felon. he got a meeting in the white house with the vice president of the united states. that's kind of a big deal. the press didn't ask many questions. five days after that meeting in the white house, april 21, joe biden visited ukraine and the media described him as, quote, the public face of the administration's handling of ukraine. the next day on april 22, devon archer joined the board of burisma. what a coincidence. six days later, british officials seized $23 million from it the london bank accounts of burisma's owner. let that sink in a little bit. six days after devon archer joined the board of burisma, a day after vice president biden visited ukraine, which was five days after he met with devon archer in the white house, british officials seized $23 million from the corrupt owner of burisma. on may 13, 2014, three weeks later, hunter biden joined the board of burisma. what a coincidence. because the findings in our reports and the excellent investigative journalism on the part of j

archer and mr. biden. now the media also noticed the same day an abc news reporter asked obama house press secretary jay carney about it. here's what happened. hunter biden is not taking a position with. the largest oil and gas company holding company in ukraine. is there any concern about this, the appearance of a of a conflict there? senior president, i would refer you to the vice president's office. i saw those reports. you know, hunter biden and other members of the biden family are obviously private citizens and where they work is not does not an endorsement by the administration or by the vice president or president. but i would refer you to the vice president's office the next day, the washington post ran a story about it. it said the appointment of the vice president's son. a ukrainian oil board looks nepotistic abest. nefarious at worst. again, the appointee of the vice president's son to a ukrainian oil board looks nepotistic at best, nefarious worst. and the media didn't stop questioning asking

you are on with bill archer. go ahead. caller: good morning. on tax reform, we have been hearing since ronald reagan, trickle-down economics, it has never worked, a consumer-based economy needs consumers to have money in their pockets. as far as health insurance, it is obsolete. insurerera for-profit to pay for my health care, which would cut into the profits, is ridiculous. we need a single-payer system where everybody pays in and everybody benefits. that would be my comment. guest: well, that is a position that a lot of people feel today. i do not think you are by yourself. the problem is is what is on the other side. when we began to get estimates of the cost of a single-payer system, it just goes through the roof. they tried to do it in california, and they found that they absolutely cannot afford it. i think they were looking at something like over $1 trillion in one state for the cost. so everything has a cost. and you mentioned the fact that there are in shares in -- there is insurance that might have to bear part of the cost, and even o

it's believed the house belongs to the archer family. neighbors said he often spent time here visiting a relative who had recently moved away. it's believed the suspect still had a key to the house which is being renovated. those who know the suspect said yes, he is a practicing muslim but dispute reports he pledged himself to isis. the fbi searched the house for several hours and removed at least four boxes and a bag. well the law enforcement stayed here about two hours and then departed. they're looking for anything that might give them a better picture of the suspect and what motivated him. live in west philadelphia, john rawlins, channel6 "action news. >> thank you john. >>> as you heard john say police say that the suspect edward archer told them he pledged allegiance to the islamic state group but during today's press conference mayor jim kenney says islamic teachings have nothing to do with the shooting. >> this is a criminal with a stolen gun who tried to kill one of our officers. has nothing to do with being a muslim or followin

by the way, devon archer is testifying on monday.ever see -- you usually see the doj send letters like this out on a saturday? >> never. never. this is the first time i've ever heard of the department of justice doing anything on a saturday. maria: so what is this letter? can you walk us through it? the government is apprising the court of the status of devon archer's appeal of his judgment of conviction, and they request that the court set a surrender date for the defendant to report to a facility. please walk us through what this letter says. >> right. yeah. the letter prosecute department of justice is trying to nudge the judge to go ahead and sentence devon archer for something unrelated to what we're going to be talking to him about tomorrow. it's odd that it was issued on a saturday, and it's odd that it's right before he's scheduled to come in to have an opportunity to speak in front of the house oversight committee and tell the american people the truth about what really went on with burisma. so, you know, i don't know if thi

so why was nothing done to devon archer? but i would caution people not to get too excited about what he may or may not say. let's wait and see what happens. >> is that because there is really not that substantive immunity that, you know, an actual lawyer in a courtroom could maybe argue for if you stand before and get interviewed by this house committee, can they offer him anything? >> well, he can refuse to testify based on fifth amendment immunity. he has an absolute right to do that. for all we know he might show up and do that. the problem he had before was when he didn't show up. so it wouldn't surprise me if he asked for immunity and they could give him immunity. by the way. i don't know if this committee could but the house could give immunity. that immunity, by the way, is every bit as broad as immunity given by the justice department. the immunity given to oliver north and john.dexter is why their convictions got reversed. that could be a development that no one is talking about. >> harris: you are saying the house

meaning archer and hunter. i guess lead us to believe, harold, that the president knew about his son's business partner which means that they probably talk about the business. >> so i will go with the normal good morning and things with having me on. i think this raises a couple of things but i think the president is probably going to have to answer this question again and clarified what he meant by he never spoke with his son about any of his business dealings because it appears at least from mr. archer's transcript of testimony that that has been called into question. i find myself agreeing a lot of times with andy mccarthy. i think his analysis around president trump's most recent indictment. i might agree with him this morning. the issue here for me with president biden is -- if they find some records or some bank account activity that points to transfers or wires, that would be problematic. if the president dies it president biden in his capacity as vice president did anything on behalf of the company obvi

and archer says, hunter called his dad. even though he knew it would set off serious alarm bells for influence peddling. archer went on to say burisma would have gone out of business if it didn't have the brand attached to it and he said the brand is joe biden. archer says the biden brand made people intimidated to mess with them legally. so, a corrupt ukrainian company was paying hunter biden millions of dollars so his father vp could provide legal protection. that's what trump got impeached for asking about, that right there. and now we know from the eyewitness insider testimony it's all true. and after reading the transcript, this whole excuse from democrats like goldman, saying joe was discussing the weather with clients was actually a joke. archer said, well, not necessarily the weather, you know. it's quite obvious what we're talking about. so, even the democrat' lame cover stories are falling apart. democrats said archer testified that hunter wasn't selling access to joe, he was selling the illusion of access to joe.

devon archer describes in great detail what he calls the biden brand and how it was used. details on those 20 plus phone calls, speaker phone calls now. president biden was on speakerphone four. and in the interview, republican congressman andy biggs asked archer, when you say biden family, you are talking about joe biden? archer responds, "yeah, that is fair to say. i don't think about it joe directly but that is fair." that routes the most value to the brand. hunter biden used his data as "defensive leverage for foreign business partners" pure democratic santa missed the sayg he was talking about the weathes key, archer says they were to talk about the weather. and that was signaling them to be powerful. goldman then asked, "this was about to protecting the allusion to access to his father, is that right?" archer says, "that is correct." >> i understand the democrats have to play defense and pretend they don't understand it. but to any normal person, this story is not complicated. you had a guy no skills, no professional ability making money in kazakhstan, romania, russi

with respect to the devin archer statements, devin archer has confirmed over his decade long business relationship with hunter biden that he never heard hunter biden discuss business with his father in phone calls or in person. i do want to add this as well. mr. biden's bookkeeper from 2000 nip to 2018, he was his bookkeeper, he has access to his bank accounts. he had no knowledge of president biden having any involvement in hunter biden's financial activities. with respect to the weiss issue. i know that's been an issue that's been pushed a lot, too. that argument is that -- you know, weiss was derailing the investigation and to hunter biden and slowing it down. you know, key points on that obviously are the fact that weiss was appointed by president trump and as congressman buck said a few days ago in the judiciary committee hearings, if the president had removed weiss when he first came in to office republicans would have argued that that was an effort to derail the investigation against hunter biden. in fact, when the attorney general testified he noted that he had senate republic

look at what devon archer testified today. he said not only was joe biden on the phone with people including the charisma executives, talking about what ever, even though the president denied he spoke to these people, he said hunter biden was under pressure while they served, to call washington, d.c., and tried to get him fired. not many days later, he traveled to ukraine. we have seen the video where he brags about withholding foreign aid in exchange for the ukrainian president firing the prosecutor investigating the corrupt energy company. >> the meeting took place in dubai and the owner of marie summa was at that meeting. they were desperate to get help from joe biden. is that a fair assessment? >> that is a fair assessment. >> joe biden, i have the tape you are referring to. >> i had gotten a commitment from cora shane company that they would take action. i said we are not going to give you the billion dollars. they said you have no authority. i said tell them, you are not getting $1 billion. i am going to leave here. if t

hunter biden, devon archer, zlochevsky, the key guys at burisma.nited states' government because of all the pressure. and that's the term that arch or used in the interview, all the pressure we are under from the prosecutor, from from great britain who seized $23 million in assets of burisma. we need help. and then, of course, five days later joe biden goes to ukraine, gives a speech where he criticizes the prosecutor in ukraine, setting in motion over the next few months when he would ultimately pressure them to fire the guy, or they wouldn't get the taxpayer dollars from the american people. maria: and that is house judiciary committee chairman congressman jim jordan with me on fox business' "maria bartiromo's wall street" this weekend as he identifies at least one decision joe biden made to placate russian energy company burisma allegedly in exchange for being paid $5 million to joe and another $5 million to hunter. joining me right now with more is peter schweizer, president of the government accountability institute. he's author of "secret emp

devin archer seems to be the guy that has been sold down the river. he's going to jail and has nothing to lose. from what i'm told, from his point of view, he's decided to comply with the request from the house oversight committee. it is not something he's chosen to throw himself into. he wants to tell the truth and get it off his chest and have it go away so he's not part of it anymore. >> laura: this will be transcribed interview, behind closed doors. we expect access to the transcript. thank you. that is one part of this unfolding saga, last week senator chuck grassley released fd 1023 summary of human source reporting that ukrainian oil and gas company burisma paid hunter and joe biden each $5 million in bribes. today "the federalist" reports the pittsburgh fbi office corroborated several details, among those pittsburgh office obtained travel records for the confidential human source and confirmed the locales detailed in the document, including kyiv, vienna, austria and london, despite pittsburgh fbi providing the delaware office with summary of t

archer also deliver. >>ing details that hunter biden broke foreign lobbying laws, that hunter, quote, was a lobbyist, that he was acting like a lobbyist with an insider track to the to the pin cl of power, meaning the white house, obama's white house, and his father. archer also details that hunter stole the joe biden family brann family brand. don't mess with our client. archer testified that it's, quote, fair to say that hunter biden was falsely giving burisma executives the impression hunter had influence over u.s. policy, that, quote, hunter biden was taking credit for even his father's visit to ukraine in and around the scenario we were just talking about. >> hunter biden never registered under the foreign agent registration act. it's one of the key issues that i know the department of justice was looking into, but they never brought charges. in fact, it's one of the key areas where plea deal fell apart in a very dramatic moment in the courtroom where they said are you still looking into -- will this

archer's wrist fonts, correct. mr. archer's response, correct. what did hunter biden do after he was given this request. mr. archer's response, he called his dad. somebody pretty important in the united states government which then begs the obvious question. what did his dad do? he got the request from burisma, called his dad and what does his dad do? five days later he gets on a plane and flies to ukraine and he starts the process of hiring a prosecutor. that is why mr. turley said earlier this is a confirmed corrupt influence peddling effort. he thinks that's what is joe biden is engaged in and by the way that'll happen even though the obama administration had just written the prosecutor general a few months earlier and said we are impressed with the ambitious anticorruption agenda of your government. and you know what he did, he decided on the plane. reading the washington post, on the plane, joe biden called an audible. he said it was time for a bigger punch. he used the money of the people i represent in the fourth district of ohio to help h

attempting to lead archer into saying that.'s charge and pointed out that joe biden met with and talked to hunter's business partners. congressman, what is the most important thing we need to get out of that testimony of devon archer? what's the take away? >> that the biden name and the biden position was up for sale. money changed hands coming from different governments including the chinese communist government, romania and ukraine, and that the biden administration because of its corrupt past in the vice presidential position, i believe is now compromised as the president of the united states. that is why this is a matter of national security. we must get to the bottom of it before it's too late. maria: well, you sent a letter to the biden administration. you've demanded answers on possible chinese malware tlwaretargeting u.s. military operations. you say it must be met with a firm, resolute and messrd response from the united states. we are watching anything but that, okay. we are watching this administration send saab net

we have our hand on the devin archer transcripts, we know the truth. >> dan goldman said that archertified that it was the illusion of access to joe biden that hunter biden was offering to these clientses. in fact, when you look at the transcript, illusion of access is in dan goldman's question issue not what devin archer testified to. he says yes, but that is not quite fair. this was about showing that there was the signal there is influence and access here. >> laura: kudos to catherine her ridge for calling that out. that hasn't stopped them from lying. phil bump tweeted just released transcript es haveerates what was said on tv. archer said burisma wanted hunter biden to get prosecutors off their back. they were getting pressure and they requested hunter help with the pressure and during goldman's questioning, he got archer to say burisma wanted hunter on the board so people would be intimidated to mess with them legally. archer revealed then vp joe biden did attend dinners with foreign business associates, including one at famous cafe miknow lao in washington, d.c., just weeks af

it took the committee three tries to get archer to appear. he is now talking to house investigators, but archer would not talk with me. mr. archer, what do you intend to tell the committee today? you have anything to say? did you have meetings with the bidens and can you elaborate? >> did anyone tell you not to appear today, sir? >> fox has obtained text messages between hunter biden and devon archer dating back to 2018. hunter calls the doj mother blankers and he and archer will get the last laugh. key to the probe. democrats disagree. >> seems to be evolving from a fugitive agent of china whistleblower who now they are not talking about as the lynch pin and the star witness to irs agents. >> accused the doj from intimidating him to appear. he was convicted of bilking native americans out of millions. >> explosive letter on saturday, the bidens doj henchmen saying basically to devon archer, sure, you can do this interview with the oversight committee on monday but we are going to intimidate the witness before you do that. and i was just shoc

nbc has confirmed edward archer flew to egypt and saudi arabia. now, his former attorney is talking and painting the portrait of a very troubled man. drew smith from our sister station in philly reports. >> reporter: the fbi evidence response team searched home linked to edward archer, this one in philadelphia and roped off the streets at his mother's home and carried out boxes and took photos. >> i was completely blown away when i heard the assailant lived in yaed diagnoson. >> reporter: police know him well and said while he may have gotten in trouble in the past seemed like a regular guy. >> sometimes he played with the kids and played football. >> reporter: the 30-year-old had weapons charges. one of his former attorneys talked with us. >> he was very impulsive and paranoid always looking over his shoulder. >> reporter: he first met archer at a new york city prison and first arrested there after assault with a gun in philadelphia and returning from what the fbi said was 10 months in egypt. so far, there's nothing to suggest that trip or his 20

archers testimony on the screen.s getting at the because the clock is ticking. >> biden family taken from a said the biden family was the product or the brand and is fair to say and quotes that joe biden was the brand and obviously most value to the brand. i make the case because the president's son was addicted to drugs and he was frequently prostitutes i suspect his value of a brand was pretty low compared to his father who was a vice president ofue the united states. i mean companies brands or products whether it's a food company or a car company or shoe company. they brand it because it provides trust by their buyers from their buyers. this committee first release a memo in 2023 that show that less than two months after the vice president left officer state energy hk limited sent robertson walker again a very close friend and business associate, associate of the biden family $3 million shortly thereafter literally the next day and within the next series of days, robinson walker sent over $1 million to the biden f

devon archer news. >> she is also a fox news contributor. miranda.he white house's response today, they were ready for this question, the answer is the president was not, quote: "in business" with his son. how significant is that shift in rhetoric? original receipt repeated dnts joe biden original campaign and after when he said he knew nothing about his son's hunter overseas business dealings and whenever anybody asked him about it or the odd occasions that journalists got to him he would be very angry and very indignant about the idea that anyone would question his integrity. nwe see because devon archer is about to testify about what he witnessed and what joe biden knows that he witnessed about those meetings between hunter and joe biden and hunter's overseas business partners, they have changed their tune. thought line is joe biden is not in business with his son and you can bet that coming in the future they will be pausing the meaning of in business in glis when devon archer faced his own mere yacht adbusiness problems. hunter biden texted him

archer: legally.side, their point about this testimony. but it doesn't look good. it's not a positive look. >> not at all. and fundamentally this is about credibility. how many times did we hear president biden saying he had no connection with any of his son's business partners but one thing we learned from the testimony that kimberley was alluding to he met with burisma executive at a popular restaurant. >> bret: cafe milano in washington, d.c. he had meetings not just phone calls or being on a speaker phone 20 times but actually had face-to-face meetings which is in contradiction with what the white house had been saying for quite some time. so when you hear those contradictions between what the official spin is from the white house and you see these revelations that contradict that spin, you know, it makes you wonder what else is there? >> bret: and that's what people want to know, mollie, where does this go? >> well, it's a problem not just for the biden family. it's also a problem for the departm

archer is now in police custody.aders say this incident shows the dangers officers are facing across the nation every day. >>> he's a terrorist. he attacked one of our officers. everybody out there has to keep a vigilant eye open. not only here in philadelphia but around the country. >> officer hartnett remains in critical but stable condition tonight. the homeland security and fbi are also joining with philadelphia police in investigating this shooting. >>> fresh after signing executive action actions on gunl president obama sat down for attain hall meeting with gun rights advocates. >> kevin cork has the latest on the president's gun control agenda. >>> it was a harrowing personal tale. seemed to sum up how many many americans feel about the right to buy gun. >> as a survivor of rape a mother to two small children, you know, it seems like being able to purchase a firearm of my choosing and being able to carry that wherever me and my family are it seem like my basic responsibility as a parent at this point. >> there

an apartment belonging to the archer family. possibly his grandmother. archer was believed to be headed there after the alleged shooti shooting. sources say he had a key from the apartment on him when he was caught. and archer is also believed to have an address in chester that police may be checking out. he was due in a delaware county court on unrelated charges on monday. we're live in yeadon delaware county tonight, diana rocco cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> diana, thank you. >>> new philadelphia mayor jim kenney only been on the job since monday says does he not believe the suspect's actions are representation of islam. >> in no way, shape or form does anyone in this room believe that islam or the teaching of islam has anything to do with what you've you've seen on that screen much that is abhor rant. it's just terrible. it's it does not represent the religion in any wake shape or form oy any of its teachings and this is a criminal with a stolen gun who tried to kill one of our officers. has nothing to do with being a muslim or following the isla isc fai

what about devon archer? mr. donaldson, the chairman, now want to disavow stir archer's testimony that mr. biggs entirely relies upon. they don't want him to come sit here. why? may be because he testified that joe biden never discussed business with hunter or other business associates. he got nothing from their businesses. and he never took any official acts related to the businesses. or maybe the american people might hear that this $3.5 million actually had nothing to do with hunter biden which is what devon archer testified. orvo what about hunter biden's partner and accountant. he also performed a number of administrative and bookkeeping tasks for then vice president biden and hunter biden. he saw vice president biden's bank accounts. and he told the committee that he was not aware of any involvement by president biden and the financial conduct of his relatives businesses, much less any transactions into or out of them vice president's bank account related to business conducted by any family member. the end

archer gave a whole new light to what happened last week.remember wha last week, thishe deal they put together that the judge said, no deal. we'ry put e not going to do that because it was unprecedented. never seen anything like this. the dealver seen put together ws designed to keep burisma out of it. remember they didn't they weren't going to charge for 2014, 2015 tax year. they weren't going do the felony charges that there because that's burisma moneye and. the fara allegation that fara concern derives this this action that took place in dubai where hunterok pla biden is talg about how can the u.s. government they're asking hunter biden, how can the u.s. government intervene and help us in this situation? so now we have some some o more light on that terrible deal they tried to put together last weeto putk and why the jude appropriately so, ask questions and it's no longer going to happen 20 times the that they put biden on the phone was to talk to make pleasantries with hunter as friends and not assert or assure people thatt that the fa

devin archer told us on at least 20 phone calls in his presence and devon archer also was present atr biden invited his russian, ukrainian coagulatekazakhstany business p. people were giving him unless of dollars each side just says what makes their side look good it. sounds like what devon archer said hunter biden essentially used the speaker phone to his dad as a sales tool. it's like hey, look at this access. hire me. my dad is the president. i can just get him on the phone. >> exactly. and that's what he was selling, influence peddling, selling the influence of joe biden, who at that point as vice president had been basically given ukraine and china and russia by president obama. he was the most powerful man in the united states in those countries. and he wielded the power of the purse. you know, he withheld a billion dollars or threatened to withhold a billion dollars of u.s. aid from ukraine. unless they fired very prosecutor who was investigating the company that was paying his son $83,000 a month. and so it's really disingenuous of dan goldman and the other democrats to treat

archer's wrist fonts, correct. mr. archer's response, correct. what did hunter biden do after he was given this request. mr. archer's response, he called his dad. somebody pretty important in the united states government which then begs the obvious question. what did his dad do? he got the request from burisma, called his dad and what does his dad do? five days later he gets on a plane and flies to ukraine and he starts the process of hiring a prosecutor. that is why mr. turley said earlier this is a confirmed corrupt influence peddling effort. he thinks that's what is joe biden is engaged in and by the way that'll happen even though the obama administration had just written the prosecutor general a few months earlier and said we are impressed with the ambitious anticorruption agenda of your government. and you know what he did, he decided on the plane. reading the washington post, on the plane, joe biden called an audible. he said it was time for a bigger punch. he used the money of the people i represent in the fourth district of ohio to help h

ril letthe wrote to archer abou2 years ago. >> joe biden thanked archer fors being in business with his son. >> quoteth h, happy you guys are together. py what was the real reasonca biden was so happy? well, because it wasuse it at thisfrom very moment when hunter and archer made a leap from lobbying into private equity. ga >> hunter the lobbying was risky. it exposeds risky, joe, but in e equity, you don't get paid direct fees for services. >> instead, clients become your investors. >> meaning hunter's clients were investors in the biden access program. >> the chinese, ukrainians, romanians, kazakhstan. he's invest in a fund that hunter takes withdrawals from. the whole biden family treated the fund like a piggy bank catching. this is why biden's department to give pardotryinge hunter immunity. it's basically like a full towaon and covers everythingcov but it's all coming out. we're barreling towardsewo impeachmenn't sut and joe bidenn survive the scrutiny. he can't. the american people despise his corruption. and joe biden does not have the political capital to powerpv through it. >>

you founded archer along with tyler and angelie. wwhat is it and does it work? >> archer builds data alysis software for investigators who look at corruption, terror finance, war crimes and human rights. it's a subset amongst a larger set that we find systemic and criminal. we do this in a dual approach. the first is to our flagship product architect which tyler will have some thoughts on and the second is through the partnership's model where we talk toxperts who know how to generate insights from datayi tt are to investigate these issues already. >> i think we choose our partnerships really, really carefully. in particular we'll have the human rights center at barkley. thy're holding bad actors accountable for the atrocitieou >> how areoing that? you're looking at a lot of data and putting it into a frmat that's easier for organizations to read and analyze? >> we do have a partnership like this but we have one major flagship product. we call it architect. this is a big data analysis platform and it organizes different critical public datasets into an intuitive

where would you like to take archer from here? >> so over the next few months us three are going to be going full time. that's a big jump for us going from students but we're going with the full commitment, going to this conference and our big focus is to get our products in the hands of as many impactful users as possible and to learn about their problems and impacting that. >> scaling and making money? >> yeah. so a big focus for the next couple of months is also architect, our flagship product, which integrates different critical public datasets and makes them connected so that's what we're focusing on. >> all right. good luck to all of you. alice ma, tyler hines and angelie, thank you. >>> that will do it for us as always. you can find more of our coverage at kqed.org. i'm thuy vu. thanks for joining us. ♪ [announcer]funding for p allen smith's garden home is made possible by the following: proven winners - proven winners selects plants for their color, beauty, vigor and flowers that last from spring through fall. you'll find