Now that inquiries into whether the son of the former president used his family name for financial benefit have concluded, the former business associates of Hunter Biden are no longer subject to the same level of scrutiny.
Pardons were granted to Devon Archer and commutations to Jason Galanis by President Trump after they worked with Biden on several business projects from 2012 to 2015.
Archer, who has sought favor with Trump’s inner circle for some time, reportedly told the New York Times that he would be interested in joining Trump’s government if given the chance. “I’m fully on board with MAGA now,” he stated to the Times. “They’re more my people.”
During President Joe Biden’s presidency, the Biden family allegedly gave Archer the silent treatment. While he was denying any wrongdoing and the Republicans were investigating the Biden family, Archer secretly established ties with the Trump administration.
Reportedly, Archer is busy working on a book and documentary that will detail his experiences while he waits for a possible job offer from the Trump administration. Archer allegedly has another business venture in the cryptocurrency sector in the works.
Both Archer and Galanis were spared jail time after receiving pardons. Their convictions stemmed from a scheme to swindle investors and a Native American tribal corporation out of tens of millions of dollars using a business that had Hunter Biden listed as its vice chairman.
During an interview that took place this month on “Hannity” (HeadlinesForever), Galanis expressed gratitude to President Trump and praised Republicans, including James Comer (Chairman of the Oversight Committee), for exposing “the proof” on “the Biden crime family.”
During the interview, Galanis claimed that his dealings with the president’s son had turned his “legitimate” enterprises into “illegitimate” ones. Galanis stated, “100% of it was influence peddling” in response to a question on his assessment of the Biden corporation’s dealings. “I saw it firsthand.”
James Biden, Hunter’s uncle, is having a rough go of it as Republicans have asked the Trump administration to bring charges against the brother of the former president for deceiving Congress.
It has been reported that James Biden denied that his brother, the former president, met with Tony Bobulinski, a business associate of his son, in May 2017 while negotiating a contract with CEFC China Energy, an energy company controlled by Chinese investors.
Bobulinski, who was a pivotal witness in the Republican Party’s investigation into the Bidens’ alleged illegal business practices, recently lost a defamation case against Jessica Tarlov of HeadlinesForever.
Bobulinski was suing for $30 million after Tarlov said on “The Five” that a political action committee associated with Trump was paying for Bobulinski’s legal representation.
Since the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee revealed Eric Schwerin’s evidence from their impeachment probe, the other prominent ex-business partner of Hunter Biden has avoided public attention. The witness, Schwerin, claimed to have been “not aware of any financial transactions or compensation” involving Joe Biden’s family’s business interests during his time as vice president.
After allegedly helping to fund the first son’s legal bills with $6.5 million, Hunter Biden’s “Sugar brother” and lawyer Kevin Morris informed acquaintances that his generosity had left him financially strapped.
The New York Post reports that Morris had his own moral dilemmas while he was under investigation for eavesdropping on the Serbian set of the biography “My Son Hunter” on former vice president Joe Biden. Filmmaker Phelim McAleer, who was involved with the production, filed a bar complaint against Morris in 2022.
Not revealing that he was Mr. Biden’s lawyer allowed him to gain such access through dishonest means. In his bar complaint, McAleer stated that Morris disguised himself as a documentary filmmaker in order to hide the fact that he was actually conducting legal investigations for Hunter Biden, who was his client.
Morris was not disbarred by the California Bar Association in late 2024.
A Chinese billionaire named Ye Jianming has allegedly vanished from public view, according to a 2023 Reuters article. Ye was the head of CEFC China Energy, one of the organizations that Republicans said Hunter Biden tried to curry favor with by using his family name. Reuters reports that prominent Chinese Communist Party leaders and state bank executives have had Jianming’s name brought up in bribery cases, but no one knows where he is.