Biden Family ‘Brand’ Protected Burisma, Made People ‘Intimidated to Mess With Them’: Devon Archer

Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, told a House investigatory panel that President Joe Biden’s son used his father’s name and influence to advance his standing in Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, when the elder Biden was vice president.

Devon Archer (C), Hunter Biden's former business partner, leaves the O'Neill House Office Building after testifying to the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 31, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, told the House Oversight Committee that the Biden family “brand” helped to preserve Ukrainian energy company Burisma by making people “intimidated to mess with them.”

Mr. Archer served as a Burisma board member alongside the son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, beginning in 2014.