A federal judge named Joe Biden as a possible “witness” along with his son Hunter in a criminal fraud case last year that ended in the convictions of two of Hunter’s business partners, according to little-noticed court documents.
The Democratic presidential candidate’s appearance on a witness list casts new doubt on his claims he knew nothing about his son’s shady business dealings.
Before impaneling a jury in the fraud case, U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams of New York asked jurors if they had any dealings with individuals on a list that she provided “whose names may come up during the trial or who may be witnesses in the case.”
Joe Biden’s name appears above his son’s on a list of dozens of individuals who might pose a conflict for prospective jurors selected from the jury pool, according to the January 2019 document titled “Questions for Jurors.”
A federal appeals court on Oct. 7 reinstated a jury’s fraud verdict against Devon Archer, Hunter’s longtime business partner. In 2018, jurors found that Archer and 2 other defendants illegally spent proceeds from bond issues of the Oglala Sioux of Nebraska on personal items.
Archer was convicted of conspiracy to commit securities fraud in the bond scheme, which defrauded investors of some $60 million.
A college roommate of Archer’s, Hunter was repeatedly implicated in the scheme.
Joe Biden has insisted repeatedly that he had no involvement in or even knowledge of his son’s business dealings and never discussed them with his son.
“If Joe knew nothing, why would he be named as a witness?” said Toni Caiazzo Neff, a Wall Street compliance officer who has closely tracked several securities fraud cases connected to the Bidens.
The Biden campaign had no comment. It has not disputed the authenticity of emails and other messages found on Hunter’s laptop, but has dismissed the entanglement of Joe Biden in his son’s affairs as a “desperate smear campaign.”
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“How ‘widespread’ does election fraud have to be before it should be taken seriously?
I doubt the voters of the 9th Congressional District share that attitude, or voters of Paterson, NJ, where a new municipal election recently was ordered due to absentee ballot fraud that tainted the results.