Selling the illusion of access: Devon Archer testifies about Hunter Biden’s use of his father’s ‘brand’

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House panel releases interview transcript of Devon Archer, Hunter Biden's former business partner, testifying on Joe Biden calls
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I know you’re just repeating talking points and not actually advocating for one side or the other, but I do want to provide some balance to this part

use their influence to withhold international aid and pressure a foreign government to kill a corruption investigation into the company that you just so happen to sit on the board of

The corruption investigation in Ukraine was being lead by an investigator, Viktor Shokin, who was himself so corrupt that he drew international condemnation (before this investigation was even opened)

Multiple western governments, including the Obama administration, had demanded he be replaced for failing to prosecute corruption cases, and Ukrainian investigators and anti-corruption watchdogs have said that Shokin was fired because he had made no progress in the fight against corruption.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1247320

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