Rep. Dan Goldman, a New York Democrat who previously worked as the top Trump impeachment lawyer in the House, said he listened to Archer’s testimony and said it proved Mr. Biden was not involved.
Archer, who was convicted of securities fraud and is facing a yearlong prison sentence, told investigators Mr. Biden called into his son’s meetings but did not talk business. Hunter Biden summoned his father numerous times while arranging lucrative business deals with foreign business partners, both by phone and in person, in what GOP lawmakers suspect was a bid to leverage his father’s power for millions of dollars in profits that were also shared with Mr. Biden and other family members.