A number of Republicans were quick to theorize, baselessly, that a Saturday letter from the Justice Department was actually a plot to keep Hunter Biden’s ex-business partner from testifying in front of a House committee.
No one is trying to put Hunter Biden’s former business partner behind bars before he can testify in front of a key House committee on Monday—but that hasn’t stopped some Republicans from speculating wildly about the situation following a development in an unrelated court case.
, accusing the “Biden legal team” of coordinating with the Justice Department and Democrats to “intimidate our witnesses.”that the “DOJ is now actively committing the crime of obstructing a congressional investigation.”many of which alleged that the DOJHowever, Archer was never expected to report to prison before the meeting with the House committee, as the court is highly unlikely to make a decision before Monday.
The timing of the letter appears to more closely correspond with an appeals court’s decision last Tuesday to uphold Archer’s sentence. His attorneys previously argued that it was “premature” to set a sentencing date for him before the appeals process could fully play out, according to the Justice Department’s letter.
“Nonetheless,” Williams continued, “for the avoidance of all doubt, the Government requests that any surrender date, should the Court order one, be scheduled to occur after the defendant’s Congressional testimony is completed.”
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