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President Trump issued a pardon for Devon Archer on Tuesday, saying he had been treated unfairly under the Biden administration.
Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, was convicted in 2018 of defrauding a Native American tribe throughout he sale of $60 million worth of tribal bonds.
Archer appealed his conviction in 2021, with a federal district judge ordering a new trial after evidence indicated Archer’s possible innocence. The decision was reversed by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Archer took the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which decided against overturning his conviction.
Archer was a key figure in the 2023 investigation into the Biden family by the House Oversight Committee. He testified that during Biden’s term as Vice President, Hunter placed him on speakerphone during business meetings but that Biden did not discuss business matters specifically.
Trump and Archer met over the weekend at the NCAA wrestling championships. Archer also appeared on Jesse Watters Primetime where he discussed the matter and thanked President Trump for his willingness to issue the pardon.
When signing the pardon, Trump emphasized that he thought Archer had been treated unfairly by the Biden administration following his testimony during the investigation.
“Many people have asked me to do this. They think he was treated very unfairly,” Trump said. “He was a victim of a crime as far as I’m concerned.
Archer expressed his gratitude to President Trump for the pardon, saying he felt he had been a victim of the Biden family’s corruption.
“I want to extend my deepest thanks to President Trump. I am grateful to the president for recognizing that I was the victim of a convoluted lawfare effort intended to destroy and silence me,” Archer said.