{"id":1771396,"date":"2022-12-11T06:07:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T11:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771396"},"modified":"2022-12-11T07:18:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T12:18:34","slug":"reps-stefanik-and-comer-pledge-to-probe-into-biden-business-after-hunter-spotted-selling-art-for-200k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reps-stefanik-and-comer-pledge-to-probe-into-biden-business-after-hunter-spotted-selling-art-for-200k\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps. Stefanik and Comer Pledge to Probe Into Biden Business After Hunter Spotted Selling Art for 200k"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Freps-stefanik-and-comer-pledge-to-probe-into-biden-business-after-hunter-spotted-selling-art-for-200k%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=1771396&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--><div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">\n<p class=\"subheading\">Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the top Republican on the oversight committee, told Breitbart News they plan to probe into the Biden family business \u201cas a matter of national security,\u201d after Hunter was recently spotted selling his artwork for a more than 100 percent higher price than previously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">\u00a0Hunter was spotted on Friday at his SoHo art exhibit, held by art dealer Georges Berg\u00e8s, who has strong business\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/30\/hunter-biden-courageous-art-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ties<\/a>\u00a0to the Chinese art market. Berg\u00e8s has been representing the novice painter since 2021. Back then, Hunter reportedly sold the art for $75,000. According to Fox News, the prices have dramatically\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-biden-seen-ritzy-nyc-art-gallery-selling-his-paintings-200k-ethics-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">increased<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 by over 100 percent \u2014 now going for up to $200,000.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe already know Hunter Biden made millions off of his corrupt business dealings with the Chinese Communist Party,\u201d Stefanik and Comer said in a joint statement. \u201cWe must know how far Hunter Biden\u2019s corruption goes as a matter of national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cOne thing is clear, the facts are revealing that Joe Biden is compromised,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cIn the new majority, House Republicans will use our subpoena power to expose how deep Hunter Biden and the entire Biden family\u2019s corruption goes and hold this Administration accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Comer told Breitbart News in November he is 95 percent sure the artwork has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/11\/19\/exclusive-james-comer-95-sure-hunters-artwork-sold-to-chinese-compromising-joe-biden\/\">sold<\/a> to Chinese investors, which could compromise Hunter\u2019s father, President Joe Biden, due to the conflicts of interest, such as influence peddling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16610642\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/05\/joe-biden-hunter-biden-china-air-force-two-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16610642\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/05\/joe-biden-hunter-biden-china-air-force-two-ap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"     style=\"display:none\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013 file photo, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, waves as he walks out of Air Force Two with his granddaughter Finnegan Biden and son Hunter Biden at the airport in Beijing, China. (Ng Han Guan, Pool\/AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are 95% sure that that artwork went to China,\u201d Comer stated. \u201cWe don\u2019t know where exactly that went to in China, but we\u2019re going to try to find out when we get subpoena power.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hunter has reportedly sold\u00a0five paintings worth $75,000 each to anonymous buyers. Hunter\u2019s art dealer, Berg\u00e8s, has previously hosted art shows in the United States for Hunter while boasting strong ties within\u00a0the Chinese art market, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/08\/white-house-struggles-with-hunter-biden-art-sales-ethics-proposes-anonymous-buyers\/\">worrisome<\/a>\u00a0fact due to the Biden family\u2019s business schemes in Communist China.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s potential conflict of interest is not the only issue that Comer is investigating. Comer\u2019s committee is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/11\/17\/gop-house-opens-probe-biden-family-potential-tax-evasion-money-laundering-human-trafficking-violations\/\">investigating<\/a> Hunter for money laundering, one of nine potential violations.\u00a0Money laundering in the art world was identified as a major issue by\u00a0a bipartisan Senate investigation last year.<\/p>\n<p>CNN Business <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/07\/29\/business\/art-money-laundering-sanctions-senate\/index.html\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Senate report details how a pair of Russian oligarchs with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly seized on the secrecy of the art industry to evade sanctions by making more than $18 million in high-value art purchases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just the tip of the iceberg,\u201d investigators for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations told reporters on a call. The art world is considered to be the largest legal unregulated industry in the United States, according to the Senate investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Rotenberg example and many other investigation details highlight the fact that, unlike selling stock or making routine bank transfers, art sales through auction houses are not subject to anti-money laundering provisions in the Bank Secrecy Act. When art is sold, according to the report, sellers are not required to confirm the identity of the buyer nor to make sure the artwork isn\u2019t being used to launder dirty money.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSecrecy, anonymity, and a lack of regulation create an environment ripe for laundering money and evading sanctions,\u201d a 2020 Senate subcommittee report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/2020-07-29%20PSI%20Staff%20Report%20-%20The%20Art%20Industry%20and%20U.S.%20Policies%20that%20Undermine%20Sanctions.pdf\">found<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/07\/23\/white-house-cannot-identify-any-procedures-to-ensure-hunter-bidens-art-sales-are-ethical\/\">defended<\/a>\u00a0Hunter\u2019s art scheme with \u201canonymous\u201d art buyers as \u201creasonable,\u201d claiming Hunter \u201cis not involved in the sale or discussions about the sale of his art,\u201d and that Hunter will not be \u201cinformed\u201d of \u201cwho is purchasing his art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">Hunter\u2019s art dealer has also claimed he would abide by ethical standards and not sell Hunter\u2019s artwork to anyone who seems suspicious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cThis is an absurd solution,\u201d Breitbart News senior contributor and\u00a0<em>Profiles in Corruption<\/em>\u00a0author Peter Schweizer told Breitbart News. \u201cThe only way to address these issues is with greater transparency\u2013not less,\u201d he continued. \u201cTheir proposed solution is greater secrecy, not transparency. And they are essentially saying, \u2018Trust us.\u2019 Joe and Hunter Biden\u2019s track record on such matters gives us no reason to trust them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 and 2020, Breitbart Senior Contributor and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer published\u00a0<i>Secret Empires<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Profiles in Corruption<\/i>. Each book hit #1 on the\u00a0<i>New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestseller list and exposed how Hunter Biden and Joe Biden flew aboard Air Force Two in 2013 to China before Hunter\u2019s firm\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/2020-election\/2019\/05\/04\/vanity-fair-hunter-bidens-1-5-billion-bank-of-china-deal-looming-on-the-horizon-as-campaign-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inked<\/a>\u00a0a $1.5 billion deal with a subsidiary of the Chinese government\u2019s Bank of China less than two weeks after the trip. Schweizer\u2019s work also\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/09\/peter-schweizers-red-handed-hits-1-on-new-york-times-bestseller-list-for-5th-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uncovered<\/a>\u00a0the Biden family\u2019s other vast and\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/24\/bombshell-biden-family-scored-31-million-from-deals-with-individuals-with-direct-ties-to-the-highest-levels-of-chinese-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lucrative<\/a>\u00a0foreign deals and cronyism.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart Political Editor Emma-Jo Morris\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/07\/morris-the-legacy-media-has-not-conceded-the-laptop-from-hell-reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigative work<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0<i>New York Post\u00a0<\/i>on the Hunter Biden \u201claptop from hell\u201d also captured international headlines when she, along with Miranda Devine, revealed that Joe Biden was intimately involved in Hunter\u2019s businesses, appearing to even have a\u00a0<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/15\/emails-reveal-how-hunter-biden-tried-to-cash-in-big-with-chinese-firm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">10 percent<\/a>\u00a0stake in a company the scion\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/24\/bombshell-biden-family-scored-31-million-from-deals-with-individuals-with-direct-ties-to-the-highest-levels-of-chinese-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">formed<\/a>\u00a0with officials at the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10383705\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2019\/04\/PeteSecretEmpires1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10383705\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2019\/04\/PeteSecretEmpires1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this composite photograph Peter Schweizer is seen alongside his book \u201cSecret Empires.\u201d (Nicole Myhre Photography, Amazon)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8. He is the author of\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Politics-Slave-Morality-Wendell-Husebo-ebook\/dp\/B08PPYQSDZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Politics of Slave Morality<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Rep. 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