What devon archer told congress about the biden family brand. And it is damaging. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live with the breakdown in dc tonight. Kevin, good evening. Reporter evening trace. Devon archer telling congressional investigators that hunter biden used the then vp joe biden as, quote, defensive leverage to send, quote, the right signals to his foreign Business Partners. All while selling him as the brand that offered capabilities and reach, as well as a unique understanding of dc. That from archers comments and a transcribed interview before the House Oversight committee on monday this week. Fox news digital obtaining the more than 140 Page Transcript of archers interview which took place Behind Closed Doors. President biden and the white house have repeatedly denied that the elder biden ever discussed the foreign businesses with his son, nor did he have any knowledge about his sons business dealings. But the answers in the transcript to dispute that b
what devon archer told congress about the biden family brand. and it is damaging. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live with the breakdown in dc tonight. kevin, good evening. reporter: evening trace. devon archer telling congressional investigators that hunter biden used the then vp joe biden as, quote, defensive leverage to send, quote, the right signals to his foreign business partners. all while selling him as the brand that offered capabilities and reach, as well as a unique understanding of dc. that from archer s comments and a transcribed interview before the house oversight committee on monday this week. fox news digital obtaining the more than 140 page transcript of archer s interview which took place behind closed doors. president biden and the white house have repeatedly denied that the elder biden ever discussed the foreign businesses with his son, nor did he have any knowledge about his son s business dealings. but the answers in the transcript to dispute
e-mail from a burisma board advisor written to hunter biden the day after the dinner thanking for him for allowing him to meet his father and quote spend some time together. that would obviously contradict everything that mr. bileden the elder would say trace. that about sums it up. kevin corke live in dc thank you let s bring in special agent nicole parker, nicole not sure if you heard kevin but it was really kind of spot on, takes it piece by piece, what happened, what the transcript actually says. we have heard democrats said, yes, joe biden meant with hunter biden s business partners but he was only talking about the weather. well to the federalist devon archer says the following, quoting here, if you re sitting with a foreign business person and you hear the vice-president s voice, that s prize enough. pretty impactful stuff. hunter biden had the highest access which was, of course, the biden brand. what do you think about the word for word transcript?
money from china which kind of shows you, i m going to play a little bit of the president and followed by jonathan turley and i have about ten seconds for you to wrap it up. watch. my son has not made money in terms of this thing about what are you talking about? china. how involved were you in your son s chinese shakedown text message. were you sitting there? no. i also think it s clear that the president has been lying for years, lied during the campaign, lied as president. and those lies were repeated by white house officials at his behest. all of that s quite serious. trace: yeah, i ve got to go nicole but it really does show, you have the plea deal and the president, he was lying about this. and that s exactly correct. he is lying. because hunter biden said himself in court in front of a judge that yes he did receive money from china. trace: exactly right. nicole parker great of you as always. thank you. thank you. trace: meantime why are some foreign companies
the charges in both cases underlying in the federal case, the miami documents case, the florida documents case, rather, and this case, could put him in some serious legal jeopardy trace. trace: we ll revisit that. david spunt live in dc. thank you the washington post is reporting former president obama warned president biden that donald trump is a more formidable candidate than democrats realize. marianne rafferty is live with the latest on this surprising news. maryanne, good evening. reporter: hi trace. back in 2016, president obama was among those who dismissed the idea of donald trump ever becoming president branding him an unserious reality tv star. i continue to believe mr. trump will not be president. and the reason is because i have a lot of faith in the american people. and i think they recognize that being president is a serious job. reporter: now obama s message to his former vice-president is to not underestimate trump.