{"id":1821026,"date":"2023-01-23T19:34:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1821026"},"modified":"2023-01-23T19:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:35:19","slug":"house-gop-will-trace-the-money-flowing-into-penn-biden-center-hunter-biden-art-sales-comer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-will-trace-the-money-flowing-into-penn-biden-center-hunter-biden-art-sales-comer-says\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP Will \u2018Trace The Money\u2019 Flowing Into Penn Biden Center, Hunter Biden Art Sales, Comer Says"},"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%2Fhouse-gop-will-trace-the-money-flowing-into-penn-biden-center-hunter-biden-art-sales-comer-says%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=1821026&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-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-house-of-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House<\/a> Chairman of the Oversight Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/james-comer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Comer<\/a> (R-KY), intends to investigate both donations to the Penn Biden Center and who is buying it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hunter-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden<\/a>\u2019s artwork as part of a probe into the Biden family\u2019s financial ties.<\/p>\n<p>Comer has already requested documents and other information from the White House and University of Pennsylvania. He told me that Comer is planning to send more requests in the future. If necessary, he will subpoena information. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/house-oversight-zeroes-in-biden-finances-classified-documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to trace the money,\u201d The Examiner heard from Comer. \u201cWe\u2019ll be looking at bank statements. We\u2019ll be looking at bank violations. That\u2019s the next phase of our investigation because we\u2019re trying to figure out who these anonymous sources are that are sending so much money to the Biden family schemes \u2014 the Biden Center for Diplomacy and Hunter Biden\u2019s artwork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Penn Biden Center, a University of Pennsylvania-affiliated think tank in Washington, D.C., hit headlines recently after classified government documents were found stashed in an office used by President Joe Biden. The university has received thousands of millions in foreign donations, including approximately $60 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlpc.org\/government-integrity-project\/special-counsel-on-classified-documents-must-investigate-anonymous-chinese-donations-to-biden-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated<\/a> Chinese entities<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s son is an aspiring artist who has put his art up for sale to the consternation of ethics experts. The White House dismissed allegations of influence peddling through the first son\u2019s pieces, which have been priced into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the White House and the gallery that displayed Biden\u2019s artwork said safeguards had been erected to prevent such ethical or potentially illegal breaches. According to experts in ethics, the safeguards are severely lacking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a true safeguard,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/05\/arts\/design\/hunter-biden-art-buyers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Jessica Tillipman, assistant dean of government procurement law at George Washington University Law School. \u201cThey say it is, but saying it is doesn\u2019t mean it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She suggested that a more transparent policy would be a better choice. \u201cSunlight is the best disinfectant, or you have just got to shut it down,\u201d She spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Comer and other Republicans have long been critical of Hunter\u2019s amateur art career, especially given the prices that his art has been priced at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years, Mr. Biden has attempted to profit off his father\u2019s position in government, and the art deals are merely the latest iteration of these efforts. The investigation into Mr. Biden\u2019s business ventures, and those who have aided him in his dubious endeavors, has been ongoing for over two years, and, if necessary, will continue into the next Congress,\u201d Comer <a href=\"https:\/\/comer.house.gov\/2021\/9\/comer-hunter-biden-s-artwork-is-another-attempt-to-profit-off-his-father-s-position-in-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Before Republicans gained control of the House in September 2021, they had subpoena power.<\/p>\n<p>According to Comer, recent revelations that classified documents have been discovered at the Penn Biden Center and at the president\u2019s Wilmington, Delaware, home only underscore the need for transparency around Hunter Biden\u2019s business dealings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s nothing there, then the president should be more than willing to cooperate with House Republicans because he could make us look bad,\u201d The Examiner was informed by Comer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) intends to investigate donations to the Penn Biden Center as well as who is purchasing Hunter Biden\u2019s artwork as part of a probe into the Biden family\u2019s financial ties. Comer has already sent requests for documents and other information to the White House, the University of Pennsylvania, Treasury &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":1821029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7331,3620,5488,7734,11137,6203,3653,3822,4755,5143,5219,12161],"class_list":["post-1821026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-art","tag-biden","tag-center","tag-comer","tag-flowing","tag-gop","tag-house","tag-hunter","tag-money","tag-penn","tag-sales","tag-trace"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821026","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\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1821026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1821029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1821026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1821026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1821026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}