{"id":1091775,"date":"2021-12-06T21:14:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T02:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1091775"},"modified":"2021-12-06T21:14:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T02:14:36","slug":"uh-oh-hunter-white-house-issues-report-warning-against-money-laundering-in-the-art-sale-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uh-oh-hunter-white-house-issues-report-warning-against-money-laundering-in-the-art-sale-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Uh-Oh, Hunter: White House Issues Report Warning Against Money Laundering In The Art Sale Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuh-oh-hunter-white-house-issues-report-warning-against-money-laundering-in-the-art-sale-business%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1091775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hunter \u201cThe Artist\u201d Biden may need to review the latest report issued by his father\u2019s White House, warning potential illicit actors about the dangers of making a living in the money laundering business.<\/p>\n<p>Flagged by Senior Ethics Fellow at Project of Government Oversight Walter Shaub, the White House released a document titled \u201cUnited States Strategy on Countering Corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/United-States-Strategy-on-Countering-Corruption.pdf\">noted<\/a>, \u201cThe markets for art and antiquities\u2014and the market participants who facilitate transactions\u2014are especially vulnerable to a range of financial crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilt-in opacity, lack of stable and predictable pricing, and inherent cross-border transportability of goods sold, make the market optimal for illicit value transfer, sanctions evasion, and corruption,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The report continues: \u201cBuilt-in opacity, lack of stable and predictable pricing, and inherent cross-border transportability of goods sold, make the market optimal for illicit value transfer, sanctions evasion, and corruption.\u201d \/2<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N6NnP1MWBs\">https:\/\/t.co\/N6NnP1MWBs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/waltshaub\/status\/1467869454184951810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/United-States-Strategy-on-Countering-Corruption.pdf\">stated<\/a> that the U.S. government would \u201calso hold accountable those who choose to engage in corruption. As part of this effort, the U.S. Government will enforce existing rules using proven tools, while also working with the Congress on new authorities to take on the corruption challenge as it stands today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This past year, Hunter Biden announced his decision to enter the art world. Shortly thereafter, buyers began shelling out boatloads of cash for the \u201cesteemed\u201d painter\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-helps-hunter-biden-craft-deal-where-buyers-of-his-expensive-art-will-be-kept-secret-report\">reported<\/a> a puzzling move made by the White House in what it said was a decision to cut down on any potential corruption between father and son.<\/p>\n<p>The White House worked out a deal where Hunter\u2019s buyers would supposedly be kept secret, so as to not give the impression President Joe Biden could be influenced by purchasers of his son\u2019s art:<\/p>\n<p><em>Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s administration has reportedly helped his son, Hunter Biden, create an agreement that will allow buyers of his suspiciously expensive artwork \u2014 which could be listed as high as $500,000 \u2014 to remain completely secret from the American people.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cUnder an arrangement negotiated in recent months, a New York gallery owner is planning to set prices for the art and will withhold all records, including potential bidders and final buyers,\u201d The Washington Post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/deal-of-the-art-white-house-grapples-with-ethics-of-hunter-bidens-pricey-paintings\/2021\/07\/07\/97e0528c-da72-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cBiden\u2019s art sale, expected to take place this fall, comes with potential challenges. Not only has Biden previously been accused of trading in on his father\u2019s name, but his latest vocation is in a field where works do not have a tangible fixed value and where concerns have arisen about secretive buyers and undisclosed sums.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Still, to this day the White House insists that neither Hunter nor his dad could be swayed by money, even in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-hunter-bidens-allegedly-lucrative-arrangement-with-china-energy-fund-committee\">potential evidence<\/a> that Hunter used his family ties in China and abroad to make money for himself and his father \u2014 AKA \u201cThe Big Guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, former White House assistant press secretary Chad Gilmartin wasn\u2019t so convinced that a bad actor would not try to influence Hunter with the sweet temptation of cold hard cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m sure nobody would seek to influence Hunter Biden, who only recently entered the art sale industry,\u201d Gilmartin tweeted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">But I\u2019m sure nobody would seek to influence Hunter Biden, who only recently entered the art sale industry\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/92TFa6Jss7\">https:\/\/t.co\/92TFa6Jss7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Gilmartin (@ChadGilmartinCA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadGilmartinCA\/status\/1467949541592817675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter \u201cThe Artist\u201d Biden may need to review the latest report issued by his father\u2019s White House, warning potential illicit actors about the dangers of making a living in the money laundering business.Flagged by Senior Ethics Fellow at Project of Government Oversight Walter Shaub, the White House released a document titled \u201cUnited States Strategy on Countering Corruption.\u201dThe report noted, \u201cThe markets for art and antiquities\u2014and the market participants who facilitate transactions\u2014are especially vulnerable to a range of financial crimes.\u201d\u201cBuilt-in opacity, lack of stable and predictable pricing, and inherent cross-border transportability of goods sold, make the market optimal for illicit value transfer, sanctions evasion, and corruption,\u201d the report added.The report continues: \u201cBuilt-in opacity, lack of stable and predictable pricing, and inherent cross-border transportability of goods sold, make the market optimal for illicit value transfer, sanctions evasion, and corruption.\u201d \/2https:\/\/t.co\/N6NnP1MWBs\u2014 Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 6, 2021The report also stated that the U.S. government would \u201calso hold accountable those who choose to engage in corruption. As part of this effort, the U.S. Government will enforce existing rules using proven tools, while also working with the Congress on new authorities to take on the corruption challenge as it stands today.\u201dThis past year, Hunter Biden announced his decision to enter the art world. Shortly thereafter, buyers began shelling out boatloads of cash for the \u201cesteemed\u201d painter\u2019s work.The Daily Wire reported a puzzling move made by the White House in what it said was a decision to cut down on any potential corruption between father and son.The White House worked out a deal where Hunter\u2019s buyers would supposedly be kept secret, so as to not give the impression President Joe Biden could be influenced by purchasers of his son\u2019s art:Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s administration has reportedly helped his son, Hunter Biden, create an agreement that will allow buyers of his suspiciously expensive artwork \u2014 which could be listed as high as $500,000 \u2014 to remain completely secret from the American people.\u201cUnder an arrangement negotiated in recent months, a New York gallery owner is planning to set prices for the art and will withhold all records, including potential bidders and final buyers,\u201d The Washington Post\u00a0reported. \u201cBiden\u2019s art sale, expected to take place this fall, comes with potential challenges. Not only has Biden previously been accused of trading in on his father\u2019s name, but his latest vocation is in a field where works do not have a tangible fixed value and where concerns have arisen about secretive buyers and undisclosed sums.\u201dStill, to this day the White House insists that neither Hunter nor his dad could be swayed by money, even in the face of potential evidence that Hunter used his family ties in China and abroad to make money for himself and his father \u2014 AKA \u201cThe Big Guy.\u201dOn Twitter, former White House assistant press secretary Chad Gilmartin wasn\u2019t so convinced that a bad actor would not try to influence Hunter with the sweet temptation of cold hard cash.\u201cBut I\u2019m sure nobody would seek to influence Hunter Biden, who only recently entered the art sale industry,\u201d Gilmartin tweeted.\u00a0But I\u2019m sure nobody would seek to influence Hunter Biden, who only recently entered the art sale industry\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/92TFa6Jss7\u2014 Chad Gilmartin (@ChadGilmartinCA) December 6, 2021The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1091775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1091775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}