Southern District of New York prosecutors recommended he serve a 2.5-year prison term. This would be the same as his co-defendant Bevan Cooney is serving.
Trial judge US District Judge Ronnie Abrams sentenced Archer to 1-year incarceration.
Judge Abrams is the wife of Greg Andres who served as special prosecutor on the Mueller investigation. In 2019, she tried to throw the case out when she overturned Archer’s original conviction. But her decision was reversed on appeal.
During the time he was on bail the judge allowed Archer unusual freedoms. He was permitted to travel around the world to 24 destinations including, China, Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. Some of these flights were allegedly taken on Air Force 2.
He and Hunter were meeting with influencers doing “business deals.” The business deals allegedly amounted to collecting money by leveraging then-VP Joe Biden’s name. Millions were allegedly funneled to the Biden family from China (BHK), Russia, Ukraine (Burisma) and other nations.
Part of the family
Hunter and his ex-business partners have been friends for 20 years.
