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Hunter Biden Published July 31, 2023 7:04am EDT

Several House Republicans urge

lawmakers return to DC after DOJ
requests Devon Archer's surrender
Devon Archer's attorney said his client would not surrender, per the DOJ's request, before he meets with lawmakers

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At least five House Republicans have called on lawmakers — who are currently enjoying a
legislative recess — to return to Capitol Hill after the Department of Justice asked Hunter
Biden's business partner Devon Archer to surrender to prison. The request came over the
weekend before Archer was scheduled to testify to the committee Monday on the Biden
family, Hunter's business dealings and the alleged role of his father, President Biden, in
securing these deals.

Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.; Mike Johnson, R-La.; Chip Roy, R-Texas; Harriet Hageman, R-
yo.; and Dan Bishop, R-N.C., each said on social media Sunday that lawmakers should
return to Washington, D.C. for an emergency hearing to discuss potential DOJ interference
in the committee's investigation into President Biden and Hunter Biden .

"The DOJ is now actively committing the crime of obstructing a congressional

investigation," Gaetz wrote. "If Devon Archer isn't in the witness chair Monday, we better
haul every SOB at the DOJ before congress EVERY DAY to make them pay for this."

Gaetz said that if Archer is not in the witness chair for his testimony on Monday, Attorney
General Merrick Garland will be called to testify.

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Republicans sitting on the House Judiciary Committee are calling on lawmakers to return to Capitol Hill after the
Department of Justice asked Hunter Biden's business partner Devon Archer to surrender. (Photo by CLINT
SPAULDING/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

In another post, Gaetz said the DOJ's request for Archer's surrender is "all because
Hunter's problems and Joe’s problems merge with the testimony of Devon Archer."

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York sent a letter to Archer on
Saturday requesting he surrenders to prison concerning his 2018 felony convictions for his
role in a conspiracy to defraud a Native American tribe. He was sentenced in 2022 to one
year behind bars, but the sentence has been repeatedly postponed over a series of
appeals.

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Johnson, Roy, and the others swiftly expressed support for Gaetz.

"I will join you back on the Hill, Rep. Matt Gaetz," Johnson tweeted. Roy agreed.

"Make that four," Hageman added. "While I plan to be in Wyoming visiting constituents- this
is imperative and warrants immediate action. I will also join."

Bishop added: "I think you need five. Count me in."

"Subpoenas should fly tomorrow," he also wrote.

The Republicans are each on the House Judiciary Committee.

The letter did not specifically demand Archer go to prison before he testified Monday, but
to set a date to begin his jail sentence.

"In light of the foregoing, the Government respectfully requests that the defendant be
ordered to surrender, at a date and time determined by the Court, to a facility designated
by the Bureau of Prisons to commence his term of imprisonment," it reads.

The court is not expected to make a decision before Archer will meet behind closed doors
with the House Oversight Committee. The U.S. Attorney’s Office acknowledged Archer is
not expected to surrender before his meeting with congressional lawmakers in a follow-up
letter.

Devon Archer is reportedly preparing to tell lawmakers about President Biden's interactions with dozens of his son's
business associates during his time as vice president. (Fox News)

"To be clear, the Government does not request (and has never requested) that the
defendant surrender before his Congressional testimony," the letter sent on Sunday reads.
"As the Court knows, to surrender and commence his sentence of imprisonment, the
defendant first must be designated to a federal facility by the Bureau of Prisons—a
process that can take several weeks or months after the Court sets a surrender date."

Archer's attorney also said that his client will move forward with his planned appearance
Monday, and pushed back on the idea that the DOJ's request for Archer's surrender is an
attempt to prevent him from meeting with House members.

The letter from the DOJ asking Archer to surrender is not connected to his relationship with the Bidens and their overseas
business dealings. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

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"We are aware of 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," Archer's attorney Matthew
Schwartz said in a statement to POLITICO. "To be clear, Mr. Archer does not agree with
that speculation. In any case, Mr. Archer will do what he has planned to do all along, which
is to show up on Monday and to honestly answer the questions that are put to him by the
Congressional investigators."

Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., said during an interview on Fox News' "Sunday
Morning Futures" that the timing of Saturday's letter was "odd."

Archer's testimony before the House Oversight Committee is expected to begin at 9 a.m.
Monday, July 31.

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