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 because the then Vladimir Putin attended din weres Hunter Bidens associates. Page 24 asked what i meant by Biden Family Archer said i dont think about it as joe directly but its fair, thats fair to say obviously, that he brought the most value to the brand. He continued on page 30. Obviously having those doors open, you know, sent the right signals, you know, for burisma torques you know, carry on its business and be successful. Then to page 116 in a response to a question about selling access. Question, its not about selling access to his father its about selling the illusion of access to his father. Is that fair . Archer then applied is that five fair . I mean, yeah, that is, i think its almost fair. Trace would you say officials have denied the president was ever at a dinter with hunters foreign Business Partners. Theres actually an april 2015 email 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 lets 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 BidensBusiness Partners but he was only talking about the weather. Well to the Federalist Devon Archer says the following, quoting here, if youre sitting with a foreign Business Person and you hear the vicepresident s voice, thats 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 . As a former fbi special agent this transcript is very, very powerful evidence. Obviously theres going to need to be a lot of further investigation to occur but clearly the bidens, it as that they secured Business Deal Withs foreigners based on their name. Joe biden was allegedly on 20 phone calls and inperson meetings. Thats not just to discuss the weather. Any investigators going to dmooefl that and not just to talk about the weather. Im sorry, ive never been on a Business Call with my parents or with a family member. Thats just entirely inappropriate to think that people would believe that. But what were coming down to is it appears the bidens made millions of dollars based on their family name. They used their brand, they used it to intimidate people, get burisma out of legal trouble and this is something that needs to be investigated. I think that the unfortunate part is that it appears the Department Of Justice is not doing their job and doing a full and thorough investigation. You know, it appears that members of congress are having to do the were, the whistleblowers are doing work, devon archers coming forward, the hunter biden laptop. If the fbi and Department Of Justice arent going to investigate it, the truth is going to come to light one way or another. And you do have an fbi whistleblower, dont discount that fd 1023. That is extremely powerful. As an investigator i want to correspond Rob Rate The Devon Archer look at the 1023 see if there were wire transfers, look and see what was told in the 1023 matches to devon archers testimony and based on what im hearing it does, the little we know the two phone calls from the 1023 that joe biden was definitely on corroborates with what were hearing. I would like to hear the recorded phone dprauls the 1023. The i have had has to corroborate and its time to get to the bottom of this. Trace and i have to jump in because we now know from the plea deal that hunter did get money from china which kind of shows you, im 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 sons chinese shakedown text message. Were you sitting there . No. I also think its 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 thats quite serious. Trace yeah, ive got to go nicole but it really does show, you have the plea deal and the president , he was lying about this. And thats 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 spending billions of dollars buying up massive amounts of u. S. Farm land that just so happened to be near u. S. Military bases . Some members of congress believe this is all about china. Christina coleman is live with more on this developing story, christina, good evening. Reporter good evening, trace. Yes, some montgomery counties tearius Company Called plan write associates according to Public Records is at the center of of this controversy. Flannery bought over 800 million in land over the past five years near Travis Air Force base northeast of San Francisco. This group is suing local farmers accusing them of inflating the price of land in that area. Now lawmakers on both sides of the aisle worry china is behind this effort prompting National Security concerns. The air force is investing this situation trying to figure out who is financially backing this group. Flannery and associates now owns all of the land to the north of the base, to the east of the base and the south of the base right up to the fence. They have simply been gobbling up the land in this area. For what purpose . We cant figure it out. My thought is we should be alarmed. Chinese Spying Efforts are sophisticated, theyre pervasive and growing. The fbi director has testified that he opens a new china related counter intel investigation every ten hours. Reporter disturbing indeed. Also last year a chinese firm purchased farm land in north dakota about 12 miles from grand force air force base, local officials eventually voted to end their contract with the chinese firm citing National Security concerns and possible chinese spy efforts definitely are keeping federal officials busy. Right now, theres nearly 5,000 active fbi Counter Intelligence cases, and almost half are related to china, according to the fbis director. Trace. Trace and the director said repeatedly that china is threat number one. Christina thank you meantime former President Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election. Justice Correspondent David Spunt was at the courthouse live at the nations capitol. David long day great work good evening. Reporter good evening. Former president back at his home in new jersey tonight after making that appearance earlier in Dc Federal Court this afternoon. Now this is trumps third indictment in four months. I watched the proceedings, the former president stood up, stood up, pleaded not guilty to four criminal charges stemming from his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election results. He was fingerprinted today but no mug shot taken and he was released on his own recognizance. These are the charges that he is facing in this case. Conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. Obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy against rights. The scene outside the courthouse, the Majority Media with just a few anti trump and pro trump protesters yelling at each other. Nothing got Out Of Control, luckily. The courthouse its self just across the street from the u. S. Capitol the building that was under siege on january 6th, 2021. Inside the courtroom special counsel jack smith did not make eye contact directly with the former president. Now, smith did not charge trump with insurrection but he did say that the former president s crimes are not that he said the election was stolen, it was what smith said trump did to use Fake E Electric Tours and fake certificates to try and change the results of the election. This is the persecution of the person thats leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading biden by a lot. Reporter that was the president before leaving washington, dc. He faces up to 55 years in prison if convicted on all of the counts today. Trump seemed to anticipate further legal jeopardy, trace, about a social media post this morning saying, quote, i need one more indictment to ensure my election, end quote. The 45th president may be projecting some political bravado but legal analysts say 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 well 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 obamas message to his former vicepresident is to not underestimate trump. The Washington Post reporting oh bod a warned Biden Sharing his worries trump could be a more formidable candidate than Many Democrats realize. Obama was a major fixture during the 2020 election, while his exact roll in the 2024 race has not been determined he is expected to return to the Campaign Trail and hold large rallies in crucial swing states and play a key role in outreach to young voters. Along with those campaign stops, obama will also lend a hand to help bring in the bucks with Fund Raising Efforts reportedly expected to start this fall. And while its still early a recent New York Times sienna poll shows President Biden and trump are in a virtual tie in a hypothetical rematch. Getting interesting. Trace thank you. Lets bring in president president ial candidate and author of as goes california larry elder. Washington post writes the following, former president barack obama at a private lunch with President Biden earlier this summer voiced concerns about trumps strength, a loyal following, a trump friendly Conservative Media echo system and a polarized country underlying that trump could be a more formidable candidate than Many Democrats realize and now of course you see the New York Times sienna poll is deadlocked. What do you think . Washington post might be on to something. Regarding obama its less confidences in Donald Trumps political strength and more a lack of confidence in joe biden. Remember, obama tried to talk him out of running in 2016 successfully. He wanted him not to run in 2020. In that book called game change, obamas quoted as saying how many more times is joe biden going to Say Something stupid. And he said do not underestimate joe bidens ability to f things up and he didnt say f. I think he thinks hes pretty Stereum Trump wrote on truth social i need one more indictment to ensure my election. He might be right. You look at the numbers but what do you think about the indictments so far, the latest today. I dont think very much of it. In the 45page indictment, jack smith repeatedly praises mike pence for resisting the pressure to fail to certify the election to certain states. What jack smith does not say is that the same mike pence a few weeks earlier was on cnn and while he said that trump and i will never see eye to eye about what should have happened on january 6th, i believe trump acted recklessly he said, but ive yet to be convinced he did anything illegal. And regarding the Trump Interpretation of the electoral count act which jack smith was completely without any kind of basis, congress in december of last year, trace, amended the act, changed the language to make it Crystal Clear that anybody couldnt interpret it the way that Donald Trumps lawyers did. Well, if they couldnt interpret it that way why do you need to clean up the ambiguity. Thats my reaction to that. Trace people forget youre a lawyer, you know what youre talking about. Not all lawyers know what theyre talking about. Trace im sorry youre a lawyer i pa positively apologize. This one does. Trace slate says they lost their super power saying simply put time for california to accept reality. There will never be 50 million californiaians as predicted for decades instead it will stall out at 40 million and eventually it will fall behind texas as americass most populous state just like new york fell behind california back in the 1960s. You cant just target the rich you have to adjust the way they do things. You cant lost about 500,000 people. Thats why i wrote the book and why im running for president and asking people by the way to go to my web site larry elder. Com, 1, i need 40 thousand individual Donation Toss qualify for the first debate in 2023. Trace would love to see ow the stage. Larry thank you. Thank you. Trace appreciate it. My pleasure. Trace the fox news at night Common Sense Department fully believes that everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt, to an extent. Chicago ace democratic mayor Brandon Johnson apparently has a different definition of extent because this week when a group of chicago teenagers looted a 711 convenience store, a reporter accused the teens of participating in a mob action. And the mayor chided the reporter and defended the teens saying the word Mob Dehuman Ices the suspects and that its not open from refer to children as baby al capons. So common sense looked up the word mob and capone is nowhere to be found. A mob is simply a disorderly crowd of people intent on causing trouble, kind of like teenagers looting a 711. Does the mayor believe rampant crime in i can would go down if only the criminals got more respect . Maybe instead of mobs and gangs we call them clubs or coatries. Sounds less mess asking, more community oriented, kind letter gentler thieves. Common sense is pretty sure these teenagers understand they can shop lift at will and will face zero consequences. But for the mayor to again and again ignore the victims and give the suspects the benefit of the doubt, is unlikely to convince these includes and coateries to stop stealing stuff that doesnt belong to them. Lets where i in criminal defense and Trial Attorney brian claypool. Bryan, great to have you on. I mean, you know, after a Shooting Back in Millennium Park in chicago back in april, you know, the mayor came out and said, you know, its not constructed to demonize you, at some time somebodys going to have to be strong and say this is not right. These people