not charged with. that s all he s got on his radar. and i think some of this letter over the weekend. the dust-up over that has to do with the fact that reminding archer that the house of representatives is not in any position to vanquish that sentence. that sentence is it going to happen one way or the other. and this goes to a problem in congressional investigations. they don t have the ability to prosecute people or to give them relief from their sentences in exchange for cooperation. so they have to hope that they get truthful testimony. archer, what people, i think, are expecting is that archer is going to go into the house and say, you know what? all of the things i was doing with hunter for the last decade were fraudulent and i just don t see, given his history, why he would come in and do that since he has only got the one case involving the one-year imprisonment. and they can t help him.
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speculation that the department of justice s weekend request to have mr. archer report to prison is an attempt by the biden administration to intimidate him in advance of his meeting with the house oversight committee. to be clear, mr. archer does not agree with that speculation. joey: meanwhile president biden spending the week on vacation at his at the beach in delaware. you know, he probably needs some r and r there. will: yeah. absolutely. we will see what we find out today. ainsley, as you mentioned, there is potential for explosive testimony that ties joe biden to the corrupt business dealings. the evidence has absolutely mounted. but, what remains is that direct connection. could devon archer be the key that does connect joe biden to what we now know was a whole host of corrupt business dealings? we had some text messages that were released between devon archer and hunter biden.
internationally and domestically and why would you, if you think that they re hiding the money because it s bribe money, why would you say in a statement of facts that hunter didn t pay his taxes because he was drug-addled. they signed off on the justice department has signed off on a statement facts that is completely the opposite of what the house s theory is. will: right. i can t imagine the doj is going to reward testimony that is harmful to the bidens. that would being a big zig to the historic zag of the last couple of years. really quickly because i m over time here, andy. let s just say that devon archer is a patriotic american motivated to tell the truth. what would be the most damning thing in your estimation he could say today hey, i was there. i saw it. i saw that joe biden did a quid pro quo with ukraine or china? yeah, sure. he could say that kind of thing. but i think, given where we are at, will, he could also say by the way, i was put in the grand jury a week or tw
anything about the oil and gas business. but he has as well been connected to those dirty dealings in ukraine. the question we begin to learn maybe today with devon archer is whether or not joe biden is as well connected to that influence peddling. bring in andy mccarter a former u.s. attorney and federal prosecutor to join the conversation this morning. andy, it s always great to see you. there has been some question here this morning on what can be expected from devon archer s testimony. is it your expectation that james comer and the house republicans already have a pretty good idea of what devon archer will say? is there any risk out there that he is kind of, with his long time relationship, actually in the end ends up helping the bidens? well, will, i think there s a real chance of that. after all, archer is now looking at a year in prison on a single fraud conviction that hunter biden is implicated in but was