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that's where hunter -- devon archer comes in.ports are correct, he is prepared to testify that on a number of occasions, maybe dozens of occasions when hunter biden was with some of those foreign businessmen overseas, hunter biden would call up his father, put him on speakerphone and introduce him. here is my friend and joe biden would exchange pleasantries with that person. if that's true that's a con true that's a direct connection. >> bill: democrats say it adds up to nothing. chris murphy from over the weekend. >> i think it is a witch hunt. if hunter biden has broken the law he should be held accountable for it. i don't think he is being treated any differently than anyone else accused of the crimes he has been accused of. >> bill: here is the catch if devon archer talks about what you described that statement by chris murphy makes no sense. >> it will be very interesting to see how democrats react to this today because in the past they've had the dilemma any time testimony about hunter biden and conceding that yes, hunter b

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

archer says love you, brother. very much man, these blank people, i swear to god, i'm making sure i'm nots saying these words out loud here. we'll have the last laugh. i know, can i please come see you now that i'm not a felon, don't answer that, when and where. i liked you better as a felon. call me later. archer writes back, okay, and ends the conversation with a laugh. you all are saying and i get it, this shows how close they are. when i read it, what i see it shows how little they care. i don't want to say hair, the a arrogance and hunter. don't worry, we'll get the justice department back for attempting to. my dad is important and powerful and we don't have to play by the rules is what i read from that. >> ainsley: we were talking about that and will and i had a conversation about that. if we had our case dropped by a judge and didn't have to go to jail, i would be writing, thank the good lord, i'm exonerated, i'm off the hook, i would be so grateful they are arrogant, hunter is. devin archer no so much, i've

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

devon archer is going to -- not testify.e can't use that language because technically he is not going to be under oath. is he going to appear before members of congress at 10:00 a.m. this morning to answer their questions because is he reportedly said that hunter introduced his father to his foreign business partners or perspective investors. he has also said think got on the phone together. hunter biden would call his cad on speaker phone some of the business folks burisma over in ukraine and brag his dad was vice president at the time and get him on the phone. >> will: in that closed door meeting scheduled to take place as you said today at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. it's expected that archer will reveal joe biden's alleged involvement in multiple phone calls regarding foreign business deals when he was vice president. the meeting is expected to last about four hours. the justice department sending a letter to archer on saturday, urging him to report to jail. remember, republicans say is an attempt continue tim date him befo

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

devon archer is going to -- not testify.s not going to be under oath. is he going to appear before members of congress at 10:00 a.m. this morning to answer their questions because is he reportedly said that hunter introduced his father to his foreign business partner

archer's providing today is so absolutely essential.n't do is just jump to where people's hearts are. what we have to do is actually get the facts, then allow justice to follow the facts. this transcribed interview from mr. archer today, i think, is an essential piece to the puzzle, and jim jordan and james comer are going to continue to get the facts for the american people. david: and finally, you know, we're coming up to another election that is being clouded by another whole series of legal issues. we had that in 2016, 2020, etc., but never anything like this where both of the top candidates have indictments sort of hanging over their heads, potential indictments in the case of joe biden or actual indictments in the case of donald trump. so what do you make of this, and what do you think voters are going to make of it? >> well, i can tell you when i'm back home and i was in kenosha yesterday talking to folks who are so darn frustrated that that they can't afford the things that their family needs. they're suffering under bidenomics,

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

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

devon archer, hunter's close friend testifies to your committee. your reaction? this is underscoring gop accusations and must corrupt presidency in u.s. history that biden systematically lied to the american people covered up how he and his family profited off overseas deals and what did you make of hunter biden acruised of breaking foreign lobbying laws that devon archer testifies and hunter biden pit joe biden on speakerphone more than 20 times to "sell the biden family brand"? >> yeah, look, devon archer was hunter biden's partner and if anyone knows better than hunter biden and joe biden, devon archer would know and these claims are credible number one. they fit the same pattern of everything that the house oversight judiciary and ways and means committee with the irs have established and documented at this point. what we know is this, that the president said he had never discussed his business dealings with his son. we know that to be untrue based on the fact that 20 accounts linked to bidens were never disclosed and they received over $17 million for sellin

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

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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

the attack on devon archer is well underway by the doj.nd this intimidation, this message to him don't you testify negatively against the bidens or you will get what's coming. send a message to the media, hey, reminder this guy is a convicted felon. you can use that to go after him and attack his credibility. don't you expect the media to do that as well as, quite frankly, ignore the story? >> of course, ted, because we have seen this movie before. we saw it with hunter biden's own laptop. and suddenly 51 former intelligence officials magically appear forward and say oh that laptop is russian disinformation. oh, did you look at the laptop? have you seen the evidence? oh, no, of course not. it's a feeling that we have therefore we are all going to sign off on w. a letter and the media signs off on this see this means this is. this in this case devon archer coming forward oh, actually, this is a why you can't trust, this is a convicted felon. don't listen to anything he has to say even though he is hunter biden's former business partner. >>

er. -- devon around archer.r to call his father, which he did, and hunter said to his dad, and this is why devon archer's testimony is important, he was there, he said, dad, they need our support. so what happened? joe biden flew to ukraine and told the ukrainians to fire viktor shoken who was the prosecutor investigating burism- david: well, and then he bragged about it. >> he bragged about it, withheld a billion dollars in aid, and then shoken a lot of people, seized to four homes, two plots of land and he was fired and joe biden gave the ukrainians a billion dollars. that's getting really close to direct linkage. david: devon archer is a convicted fraudster. will his testimony lack credibility because of that? >> remember the mock trials in the '80s with gotti? you don't catch folks that commit crimes usually by interviewing nuns and boy scout- david: but you have to have evidence to back up what they're saying. >> sure. no, there's no doubt about it. and that's why we have the bank records. i mean, the biden

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

so who is devon archer?as tomlinson has that from the white house tonight. >> reporter: well, good evening, tammy. devon archer is expected to offer new details tomorrow morning about meetings he claims he witnessed where both hunter and his father attended together either in person or over the phone. on "sunday morning futures," the republican chairman of the house oversight committee claims the justice department is trying to intimidate his witness by ordering archer to surrender and bin a prison sentence in a separate matter. >> it's odd that it was or 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. >> reporter: last year archer was sentenced to a year and a a day in jail for swindling a native american tribe out of $60 million many bonds. a judge ordered archer to pay more than $15 million in forfeiture and more than $

they sent a notice calling for devin archer's snsz sentencing to be expedited. james comer is calling foul play. >> the letter from the department of justice trying to nudge the judge to go ahead and sentence devin archer for something unrelated to what we'll be talking to him about tomorrow, it is odd it was issued on a saturday and odd it is right before he scheduled to come into have an opportunity to speak in front of the house oversight committee and tell the american people the truth about what went on with burisma. i don't know if this is coincidence or weaponization of the department of justice. >> this is after tuesday appeals court upheld conviction and then the saturday memo comes and archer saying harris through his attorney to be clear, mr. archer does not agree with that speculation. >> harris: i have a couple questions, talking off camera, why in the world would they not not only does he come in when he feels like it, nothing they are threatening to do to him for any of those times. you can't lie to congress, okay. my other question, what deal did

devon archer feels abandoned.he has nothing to lose by testifying and he will tell the world, the oversight committee that joe biden was very much involved in his son's overseas business dealings. hunter biden use to put him on the speakerphone regularly and that was hunter's party trick when he was with his overseas business partners or just showing them the access that made him work the millions they were paying to the vice president. devon archer was present during two dozen of these calls around the world. devon archer was present at at least two of the dinners. >> sean: coming up next, how did the media react when the plea deal paul part -- plea deal fell apart. we will show you the most outlandish reactions as we continue. salonpas lidocaine flex. a super thin, flexible patch with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. and did we mention, it really, really sticks? salonpas, it's good medicine. way back in 1982 we took care of about forty kids and had to

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's testimony. we are going to read everything tomorrow congresswoman, thank you for joining us. we welcome you back to fill us in on what you guys learn. >> thank you. eric: take care. arthel: eric, thank you tomorrow the third person to face charges at mar-a-lago classified document case is set to be arraigned. carlos a long time mar-a-lago employee, the property manager is accused of trying to get security footage deleted in mr. trump's florida resort. reportedly at mr. trump's request. he was named a third defendant in a superseding indictment released on thursday. his family has reportedly said he feels like he was trapped for the new document also adds three additional charges for the former president on top of the 37 he is already facing. eric: georgia wife of former college football player in nfl player has been arrested and charged in the bahamas for allegedly plotting to kill her estranged husband. senior correspondent steve harrigan has more from atlanta on the shocking case. >> at his ri

he described archer as an arch enemy. miranda devine is a fox news contributor and author of the book laptop from hell. do you know, is archer mad? is he mad that he is the one facing jail time? is he mad he has been made to go through this and so far hunter biden looked like he would almost get a sweetheart plea deal and could that affect this interview he does today? >> look, i think the feeling is that he really doesn't have flying to lose. and also friends say that he feels that he is being hung out to dry and abandoned by the bidens and that's been a feeling he has had for a long time. now that his jail sentence is imminent he maintains his innocence and he feels i guess he didn't want to throw himself into the middle of this controversy but since he was asked to come and testify, he figured he would cooperate and just tell the truth. tell what he knows without fear or favor. i think he knows quite a lot. because he was, as hunter biden described him himself, hunter's best friend in business, hunter biden at one poin

what can we expect from devon archer?t overstate the importance of devon archer's testimony because this is by all accounts, his former close business partner expected to testify he bore firsthand witness. he is under his own prosecution facing possible prison sentence and has nothing to lose now but to tell the truth as this is being uncovered. two things happened, we are looking at devon archer's testimony, expected to say 2 dozen cases to hunter and his father, vice president biden on conference calls, the president is not in business with his son. a change in rhetoric, president biden said i knew nothing about my son's dealings, devon archer will connect the dots and put him on at least 2 dozen phone calls. rachel: that is a big lie that was told. >> that judge asked specifically the prosecution if hunter was under investigation for overseas dealings, she said yes. could you charge him with a foreign agent registration act and the prosecution said yes, defense said we are not in on this and the deal fell apart but tha

so i would imagine that is one of the questions for devin archer. can you back up that claim, be a second source involved in these e-mails that indeed the vice president at the time was involved in financial arrangements through these business deals? you think that can be proven through his testimony? >> i think it can be proven. when you look at the corroborating witnesses from last week from the irs, one democrat, by the way, who point blank said that they weren't allowed to ask dad and the big guy and everybody knew who the big guy was, it was joe biden. this show as pattern of evidence, a pattern of testimony and witnesses that point to joe biden and hunter biden every step of the way. at some point joe biden's house of cards will come crumbling down by the overwhelming amount of evidence in oversight. >> martha: do you sense there's a change in the way the white house is approaching this? this is what the white he house has said all along. >> i didn't know he was on the board of that company. >> i have never discussed my business or their busin

after devon archer's testimony today the biden doj it's possible looks even more corrupt.ht committee member byron donalds is here next to tell us why. ♪ president biden, in ukraine and that he was a man of the highest integrity, who only advocated on behalf of the united states. >> democrats might believe that, but the american people are paying attention. 60% of voters believed biden has been part of an illegal cover-up to hide his involvement in his son hunter's foreign business deals and that comes before devon archer revealed the 20 interactions joe had with hunter's business clientele, that occurred. joining me now is a member of the house oversight committee. after what we heard from devon archer, only a few people were allowed as part of that proceeding. it makes the doj look more corrupt for almost getting away with that sweetheart plea deal with hunter biden last week. >> that plea deal was designed to cover up the corruption surrounding joe biden and his family. especially when you look at the facts that the violations were buried in this gun charge and now what

archer's family has been getting death threats. devon archer has put off this deposition a couple of times. he is about to be put to prison for a year. he is a convict, like a lot of the biden business partners were. defenses are shifting. >> the oversight committee has evidence the president in the past communicated directly with foreign business associates many times. curious if the white house and the president stand behind his comment that he has never been involved in has never even spoken to his son. >> i have been asked this question and the answer is not going to change. the president was never in business with his son. >> for years, the white house defense, joe biden never spoke about his business and now they say he was never in business with his son. what does that mean? let's turn to peter schweizer. this testimony is going to be devastating, explosive, he knows everything, how do they survive that? >> it is going to be hard. the walls are closing in. you have the bank records that show the money was being transferred a

archer report, is to intimidate him to be last year mr. archer does not agree with that speculation there is back-and-forth what do you say to all of this. >> if the archer's attorneys saying same thing to negotiate with folks i am sure file another appeal, of course, not going to throw accusations at them true as they may be again a number different ways department of justice jog evidence, we have seen over and over again for at least 10 years, i am on ways and means committee we have heard from whistleblowers shown ways leaders irs, fbi skwelched to find bidens not guilty of crimes the problem under trump using fake with defy dossiers. >> two-tiered system you've got to follow money, where is it coming from potential 50 million dollars found away into ten members biden family for 20 shell corporations that is supplying that? is it china? it would seem from number of different banks statements, records from messages we've got to hopefully devon archer can be able to testify in another three hours, follow money find out where this influenc

archer's victory today. all he did is what we said he would do, show up and answer the questions put to him honestly and completely. mr. archer shared the truth with the committee and we'll leave to them and others to decide what to do with it. katie, last word. >> we're going to see the transcripts from this so people can read through them and come up with their own opinion about who won and who lost, what the victories were. what we know based on today, dan goldman is a forceful attorney. if you're watching, you at least think he's making a compelling argument. blaming the weather is not a very compelling argument. he was nervous and sweaty. for years we've asked this question, what was hunter biden's business? what was he doing when he went to china or serving on the board of burisma getting paid $80,000 a month? what was the biden business? it said it was legitimate. it wasn't a fara violation. we learned today that the biden family business was helping burisma build their brand. that included vice presi

what do you want to hear from devon archer tomorrow?ike most americans i would like to hear the truth. and eric, we hear from so many people every day the awareness is heightened around these issues, they want to know exactly what happened. was it joe biden a participant? the white house is change their tune rather than saying he never discussed, they are saying now he was never in business. so people are very concerned about two tiers of justice. they are concerned about what has come forward like hunter's lawyer admitting he got $664,000 from that chinese energy company. they want to know if d.o.j. and fbi with weaponize against those who were accusing hunter for why they tried to shield the bidens and keep them from facing any accountability for these actions. steve are what is your sense of what the bidens may or may not have done questionable with hunter doing and was his father indeed involved despite the denials? >> as we go through these hearings and it is up to the house to conduct these hearings, we are going to find out what

archer next week? >> yes. look, i believe so. i know that there was a lot of toing and froing and and dates put up over the last two weeks x and they never really settled on one day, but they did settle on this monday, july 31st. and so i believe that's going ahead. and i don't think devon archer wants to put it off again because, or you know, he's suffering from death threats and as has had to leave his home. it's all very awkward for him, so i think that, you know, chances are he's just going to want to get it over and done with and, of course, congress goes into their august recess shortly. so i think on both sides there's a desire to get it out of the e way. as i previewed on monday, what devon archer is expected to tell congress and the oversight committee is pretty damaging to joe biden because it just blows up his entire story about knowing nothing about his son hunter's overseas business dealings. and here we've got devon archer saying that while joe biden was dialed in by hunter on speakerphone on up to two dozen occasio

archer's family has been getting death threats. devon archer has put off this deposition a couple of times. also about to report for prison for a year for ripping indian tribes. he's a convict. like a lot of the bidens prison business partners work. and now the white house is panicking. their defenses are shifting. >> and chairman james coleman today sits on the oversight committee excuse me, has evidence tha oversigt the presin the past communicated directly with foreignpa business associates of his son, hunter biden, many times carries the white house, and the president still stand behind his commentse presid that he's r been involved and has never even spoken to his son about his. >> so i've been i've been asked this question a million times. the answer is not goinhiquestioo to change. the answer remains the same. the president was never in business chang with his son. >> i just don't have anything else to add. for years, the white house withi defense was joe biden never spoke to his son about yearsss d his business. >> and now

the devon archer's sytestimony coming with a push of this testimony.ow to zach, and tell us who is devon archer? >> well, we saw devon archer behind me, and going in to meet with the oversight committee, and he is a former business partner of hunter biden, and they were engaged in several foreign business deals. the republicans have hyped this up, and devon archer in as a key witness to say his testimony could connect joe biden to business dealings, but they have yet to produce any evidence, but this is what one house republican said about the expectations with this interview with archer. >> this is a person who was in business with hunter biden and the biden family, and he is a bff of the president's son, and he has information that we can fact check and corroborate with other witnesses and whistle-blowers, and he can tell us if joe biden was in the room and how much he was involved in the mess, and the american people have a right the know whether he was or was not. >> and so the democrats push back and say, there is nothing to suggest if he was enga

yeah, devon archer may blowr the whistle. s wher e>> i mean, this is a guy who knows where the bodies are buried in the biden family. >> and the burisma scam is a prime example. there's an mos where a top buri. executive, sean demand, is that biden used his influence to close down a criminal investigatiouencn into the comp. >> so what does he do?co he flies off to dubai.mp anhe meets with the ceo. so with sheskey, who demandshisa that he get his dad, the vice president, on the telephone? >> he did. and thereafter, joe biden travel ts to ukraine. and he makes his infamous extortion demand thas infamot te fired or the u.s. will withhold a billion in financial aid. >> and within hours, of course, viktor shokin was canned. so mission accomplished. >> is that a crime? of course it is. quid pro quo violation of the foreign corrupt practicesyo act. you're using your public office for selfoffice and the fbi's 103 forum is evidence bribery. zlochevsky told the confidential informer the bidens coerced him into shelling out an additiona

devin archer is a big one. it be hunter as well eventually testifying? >> there is over a dozen people that jim jordan, jamie come member and myself have requested. in attendance of the october 7th meeting that mr. weiss is claimed by the whistleblowers that he was denied the opportunity to bring charges against hunter biden in washington, d.c. and also a special prosecutor. they need to come before us. unfortunately we have been getting the run around from the department of justice, the irs. >> steve: open investigation. >> we sent them another letter myself, jamie and jim, and we are waiting for their response tomorrow i think they will ability accordingly. if not, we will do whatever it takes to make sure they are before our committees. >> ainsley: what about the 51 members of the intel community that signed the letter that said that hunter's laptop was disinformation and that all happened right before the elections. what happens to those individuals? >> it just shows what a bad position we were in. the two

i'll leave the devon archer stuff on the table and get into more of these issues with you. beginning with you, in terms of the fact that you have the arraignment of de oliveira today. you say there's two main things to watch. what are they? >> first of all, will there be any indication that this guy will flip? thus far, he's not. he has spoken to the pfbi and lied to them. he was asked, do you know anything about these boxes, and he said absolutely nothing. should be fairly easy to prove. it's important to see who's representing and who's funding the person representing him. because if this person as we've seen with other defendants if this case is represented by trump-affiliated pacs, it will be harder for him practically and financially to flip. the other thing is, let's watch the schedule, the calendar. we have this preymay trial date which i already felt a little shaky about. now that the doj has added a new defendant and three new charges, let's see what the judge says. the judge may be ticked off. doj begged for an early trial date knowing that they were going to add

by the way, devin archer is testifying on monday.ee -- you usually see the doj send letters like this out on a saturday. >> never, never. cheryl: well, late sunday the doj clarifying it did not call for archer to be jailed before he actually testifies. we'll be getting into all of this back and forth. joining the conversation all morning long today we've got michael lee strategy founder, michael lee and columnist and fox news contributor liz peek. "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪ you've got me feeling emotion. ♪ deeper than i've ever. ♪ you've got me feeling emotion. ♪ higher than the heavens above. ♪ oh, higher. ♪ you've got me feeling emotion. ♪ yes, you do. cheryl: all right. well, former burisma board member and long time hunter biden business associate devin archer will appear before the house oversight committee before a closed door testimony today. he's reportedly expected to say that then vice president joe biden joined dozens of his son's business meetings over the phone. the department of justice now backtracking

the justice department wants archer to surrender to be put in prison.was sentenced last year for swindling a native american tribe out of $60 million in bonds. the letter from the justice department reads in part, quote, the government writes to apprise the court of the status of the defendant deafen deafen arch ear's appeal of his judgment for conviction and request the court set a surrender iser date to to commence his term of imprisonment. now, james comer appeared on "sunday morning futures" earlier and spock about this letter. >> the letter from the 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 this is a coincidence, maria, or this is another e

could archers testimony break the case wide open?y well might and i giving the sense the dam is about to break because there's a lot of various pieces of a puzzle but they are fitting together perfectly. the whistleblowers, bank records, 1023 been made public. hunter's business associates and devon archer was not only his business partner but his best friend so what he has to say i think will have extra weight and finally getting him in next w week. stuart: what you think of the investigation has gone so far and impeach it probe is merited? >> there's no doubt in my mind. once i read the 1023 a month ago for i was convinced joe biden one hunter biden was doing and hunter was his black man so put it in historical context with watergate, that occurred in the middle of 1972 and didn't resign until august of 74 and we've only been at this investigation six months because we can have subpoena power until january. stuart: you think people want this? another impeachment procedure? >> great question -- i don't want one but if it is oriented

archer? >> from david weiss? >> yes, david weiss. all these names. you keep it straight for us. >> yes, look, i think of the main thing we really want to hear from david weiss is why did he let hunter biden off the hook as the i.r.s. investigators who were on that criminal case for five years have alleged? they have testified that the d.o.j. slow rolled and obstructed their investigations, wouldn't allow them to get search warrants, for instance of hunter biden's locker or joe biden a cab-in on his property where hunter biden was living. david weiss, we were told by the attorney general, had full authority. well, they say ultimate authority about where and when to bring charges. but i think that again they are using lawyer speak because it looks as if ultimate authority is not the same as complete or full authority. david weiss has what he has said about how much authority he had conflicts with what both the attorney general said and also what the i.r.s. whistleblower said. i think it's important that he come before the house and testify, alongside t

devon archer knows these answers, doesn't he? >> he does and what is reported to be is expected testimony is devastating for the biden legal team. the president has been clear and categorical on one point, that is he has said over and over again, including during his campaign for the presidency, that he never spoke to his son about his business dealings and had no knowledge of his business dealings. that mantra has been repeated by white house staff during his presidency and with his knowledge. it appears that that is not true. and if what archer is saying is true, at least what is reported in the media, it is hard to imagine the president could ever believe that is true. he is saying that the president participated in multiple meetings, was put on speakerphone to discuss these deals. we also have witnesses like bobulinski who said he met with joe biden to discuss these deals. we have dozens of emails, photos, showing him interacting with these associates. we even have an audio tape of the president telling his son that he is in

you put up with a lot, again, monitoring devon archer's moves today.have a a former federal prosecutor, we have these cases concurrently going on. if i can begin with this business associate. where do you think that whole thing's going? >> i think that congress is very interested in exactly what connection devon archer or can play with regard to joe biden knowing about what hunter biden was doing with regard to these foreign companies. if joe biden knew that this was going on and he was part of a scheme essentially to influence american politics, even if that money didn't personally arrive in joe biden's bank accounts, but perhaps if family members', he has a real problem under the bribery statute. and something that i think congress is going to sink its teeth in as it's already started. neil: you know, i know there are investigations, they're even talking a special counsel to get into this, but it comes down to in the hunter biden case, democrats say is, not surprising, are there isn't, that there's no proof that the father was remotely involved. that

wherever hunter was doing a transaction devon archer is there.reet, you know, hunter is now an artist and supposedly the white house lawyers set up this thing where hunter will never know who the buyers are. turns out he sold this stuff for $1.3 billion according to a business insider. one of the people who bought it was a democratic donor who wound up on a big commission appointed by his father. >> yeah. i mean, it's just a reuse. it's totally unethical. unlawful. i have been worked in the white house. you have been around the white house. think if i was painting paintings about the baghdad raid and selling it the white house told me i won't know who bought it nothing see here even though i pocketed $7 million. of the fake news media would have a field day. maybe give that money to charity instead of pocketing it and claiming how poor they're. >> steve: let's see what happens. kash patel, thank you for joining us from d.c. >> thanks so much. >> steve: 1 minutes now before the the top of the hour. carley joins us with news from china. >> carley:

archer -- archer. get your thoughts on what potentially may hear monday and what it means >> thanks for having me on. i was listening to the texas congressman there, i think he said it best let the legal process take place, whether it's hunter biden or president trump. let it play out. again, it sounds like the transcripts will be released, and then we'll react as we have to to the information that comes out. >> republicans have for years now really attempted to delve into connections between president biden and his son hunter and potentially trying to link what the president may have known or influence regarding hunter biden and business deals previously made. we saw in court just this past week on wednesday what appeared to be what some have called the sweet heart deal, an unusual deal in which the terms may have led to a no prosecution on certain agreements regarding hunter biden and diversion treatments, and more specifically what the judge seemed to be really confused about was why there was a dea