Ex-Hunter Biden partner Devon Archer asks Supreme Court to keep him out of prison
By Steven Nelson and
Miranda Devine
Published Oct. 17, 2023, 1:11 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — Former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer is asking the Supreme Court to order a new trial in his fraud case in a desperate attempt to avoid serving a one-year prison sentence.
Archer unveiled explosive new details in July about President Biden’s involvement in his son’s foreign business ventures after partnering with Hunter, now 53, on deals in China and Ukraine — preceding the launch of a House impeachment inquiry in September.
A New York jury convicted Archer in June 2018 of taking part in the selling of more than $60 million in fraudulent bonds for an Oglala Sioux tribal entity in South Dakota.
Archer and two other Burnham Financial Group executives were found guilty of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud.
Hunter Biden was vice chairman of Burnham and earned up to $200,000, but was not charged over the scheme.
In addition to prison time, Archer was ordered to forfeit $15.7 million and pay restitution of $43.4 million.
Archer’s conviction was overturned in November 2018 by Manhattan US District Judge Ronnie Abrams, who upheld the convictions of Archer’s two co-defendants while ruling there wasn’t enough evidence against him.
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