President Donald Trump has reportedly confirmed his intention to grant a full pardon to Devon Archer, the former business associate of Hunter Biden.
Archer, once a model for Abercrombie & Fitch, found himself embroiled in legal troubles after his involvement in fraudulent activities. President Trump, speaking to Miranda Devine of the New York Post, expressed his belief that Archer has suffered unjustly due to his exposure of alleged corruption within the Biden family. "He's getting a full pardon," Trump stated. "He was screwed by the Bidens. They destroyed him like they tried to destroy a lot of people."
According to The Blaze, Archer and Hunter Biden co-founded the investment firm Rosemont Seneca alongside Christopher Heinz, the stepson of John Kerry. They also established BHR Partners, a China-backed investment fund, and joined the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian gas company that has since faced significant controversy.
Over the years, Archer became privy to Hunter Biden's questionable business practices. Text messages retrieved from Hunter Biden's infamous laptop suggest that Archer's relationship with the Biden family soured when Joe Biden, the family patriarch, allegedly refused to assist him with his fraud charges.
In 2018, Archer was convicted for his role in the fraudulent issuance and sale of over $60 million in tribal bonds. Despite his conviction being overturned, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals later upheld it, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his case.
Archer's conviction stood in stark contrast to Hunter Biden, who, despite his involvement as vice chairman of Burnham Financial Group, faced no charges in the fraud scheme.
Archer's frustration was evident in a message he allegedly sent to Hunter Biden, questioning why the Biden administration's appointees targeted him. "Why did your dad's administration appointees arrest me and try to put me in jail? Just curious," Archer reportedly wrote.
Hunter Biden's response attempted to frame the situation as a consequence of being part of a powerful family. "Every president's family is held to a higher standard [and] a target," he reportedly texted. "It's the price of being the most powerful group of people in the world."
Despite these reassurances, Archer remained disillusioned, ultimately providing congressional investigators with insights into Joe Biden's involvement in his son's foreign dealings. Archer's testimony contradicted Joe Biden's 2019 claim that he had never discussed overseas business dealings with his son.
Archer's cooperation with investigators has been deemed crucial by House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.). Archer's revelations have cast doubt on Joe Biden's repeated denials of involvement in his son's business affairs. Archer expressed gratitude to President Trump for recognizing what he described as a "convoluted lawfare effort" against him. "I am grateful to the president for recognizing that I was the victim of a convoluted lawfare effort intended to destroy and silence me," Archer told the New York Post.
Archer's legal troubles initially resulted in a sentence of one year and a day in prison, along with a financial penalty of $15.7 million in forfeiture and $43.4 million in restitution. However, his sentence was overturned on a technicality, and he was awaiting resentencing. Now, with President Trump's promise of a pardon, Archer, once considered part of the Biden family, appears poised to avoid further legal consequences.
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