The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Hunter Biden’s former business associate Devon Archer, who was convicted of defrauding a Native American tribe.
The justices on Monday denied Archer’s bid to set aside the 2018 Manhattan jury verdict and get a new trial. He was convicted for his role in causing the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation of the Oglala Sioux Tribe to fraudulently issue more than $60 million in bonds.
President Joe Biden’s son isn’t implicated in the case.
Archer sought to avoid serving his sentence of a year and a day in prison, followed by supervised release.
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected Archer’s appeal in June.
Archer has become a key figure in the GOP investigation of the Biden family’s business dealings.
The case is Archer v. United States, U.S., No. 23-414.
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