{"id":1824257,"date":"2023-01-26T07:06:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T12:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824257"},"modified":"2023-01-26T07:10:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T12:10:44","slug":"house-gop-probes-hunters-art-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-probes-hunters-art-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP Probes Hunter\u2019s Art Deals"},"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\">12<\/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-probes-hunters-art-deals%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=1824257&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<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/09090119\/90-40\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> are demanding answers about Hunter Biden\u2019s anonymous art sales as they prepare to dig deeper into the business dealings of the president\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Oversight<\/a> James Comer, Chairman of the Committee (R-KY), sent a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-25-Letter-G.-Berges-HB-art.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> Wednesday, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hunter-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden\u2019s<\/a> art dealer, George Berges, asking for information about the younger Biden\u2019s sudden success in the art world.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/jeff-zients-hunter-biden-meetings-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JEFF ZIENTS MET WITH HUNTER BIDEN AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN 2016: REPORT<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite being a novice artist, Hunter Biden received exorbitant amounts of money selling his artwork, the buyers\u2019 identities remain unknown, and you appear to be the sole record keeper of these lucrative transactions,\u201d Comer wrote to Berges, who has sold Hunter Biden\u2019s paintings at his New York City gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Comer asked Berges to provide all communications between his gallery and the White House, as well as all documents related to the high-dollar sales of Hunter Biden\u2019s artwork.<\/p>\n<p>Comer mentioned in his letter that the pieces had sold for as high as $225,000, citing media reports.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have raised concerns since 2021 that foreign nationals or other individuals could buy Hunter Biden\u2019s art with the sole intention of ingratiating themselves with the president\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p>Art critics have largely panned Hunter Biden\u2019s works; many have said the prices Berges has supposedly charged for the paintings far exceed their artistic value.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge Berges may be bluffing and talking up Biden&#8217;s prices,\u201d Ben Davis is a well-known art critic. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/west-wing-playbook\/2021\/07\/27\/we-asked-art-critics-about-hunters-paintings-493751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <i>Politico<\/i> In 2021. \u201cThere&#8217;s no science to such things. But it is absolutely, 100% certain that what is being sold is the Biden name and story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berges has been asked by House Republicans for information before, but this was before they took over subpoena power.<\/p>\n<p>Berges stated that <i>New York Post<\/i> In December, he <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/30\/hunter-bidens-dealer-blows-off-house-gop-says-dont-politicize-positive-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ignored<\/a> a call from Comer\u2019s staff shortly after the midterm elections, as Republicans prepared to assume the House majority.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that he had. \u201chope that we don\u2019t politicize something that is positive and good\u201d in Hunter Biden\u2019s fledgling art career.<\/p>\n<p>Facing scrutiny in 2021 ahead of Hunter Biden\u2019s first gallery show, the White House said it had established an ethics framework to insulate the president from potential impropriety.<\/p>\n<p>According to the White House both the president and artist will remain anonymous as the buyers, it was not disclosed by them. Berges had reportedly <a class=\"Link\" 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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledged<\/a> to reject any bid on Hunter Biden\u2019s artwork that he found suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>The website for Berges\u2019s art gallery appeared to be offline on Wednesday, although pictures of Hunter Biden\u2019s art <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CnlPHHgNL8A\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remained<\/a> on the gallery\u2019s social media page.<\/p>\n<p>Berges was also asked by Comer to submit a transcription interview. This interview was requested by the art dealer before February 15.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats set a precedent of securing the Justice Department\u2019s cooperation in enforcing congressional subpoenas; two former aides to Donald Trump, Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro, were indicted for contempt of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon was convicted because he refused to comply with a congressional order. Navarro is still being prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Whether the Justice Department would enforce Republicans\u2019 requests for help as aggressively remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s administration maintains that House GOP investigations are largely political and has thus downplayed their credibility.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are demanding answers about Hunter Biden\u2019s anonymous art sales as they prepare to dig deeper into the business dealings of the president\u2019s son. House Oversight James Comer, Chairman of the Committee (R-KY), sent a letter Wednesday, Hunter Biden\u2019s art dealer, George Berges, asking for information about the younger Biden\u2019s sudden success in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1366629,"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":[547],"tags":[7331,9380,6203,3653,9381,11243],"class_list":["post-1824257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-art","tag-deals","tag-gop","tag-house","tag-hunters","tag-probes"],"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\/1824257","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1824257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1366629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1824257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1824257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1824257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}