{"id":1981951,"date":"2023-07-25T07:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T11:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-art-buyers-revealed-and-theres-1-name-that-should-raise-eyebrows\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T07:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T11:51:30","slug":"hunter-bidens-art-buyers-revealed-and-theres-1-name-that-should-raise-eyebrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-art-buyers-revealed-and-theres-1-name-that-should-raise-eyebrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s art buyers exposed, with one name causing suspicion."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fhunter-bidens-art-buyers-revealed-and-theres-1-name-that-should-raise-eyebrows%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=1981951&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--><h2>Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u200b Art Buyers Revealed &#8211; And There&#8217;s 1 Name That Should Raise Eyebrows<\/h2>\n<p>Remember how Hunter Biden was supposed to \u200cbe shielded from knowing the identity of the people who bought his finger-paintings at exorbitant prices in order to create a firewall \u200dto protect against influence-peddling? Yeah, according to an entirely unsurprising media report that emerged Monday, forget about\u200c all of that.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hunter-biden-joe-artwork-berges-gallery-elizabeth-hirsh-naftali-2023-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business \u2064Insider<\/a>, two of Hunter Biden\u2019s \u201cfriends\u201d (Insider\u2019s quotation marks, although huge air-quotes should be put around the word \u201cfriends\u201d any \u2063time \u200cit\u2019s used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-put-vp-dad-phone-least-2-dozen-calls-overseas-biz-associates-ex-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in regard to\u2062 the first son<\/a>) were also \u2014 quelle surprise! \u2014 buyers of his juvenile attempts at\u200b art,\u2064 and one of those buyers received\u2063 an appointment to a \u200bposition by \u2064his father, President Joe Biden,\u2064 eight months after Hunter\u2019s first art exhibition.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Recall, as Insider\u2019s Mattathias Schwartz \u2062did, that we were\u200b told in very clear language that \u201cHunter Biden\u2019s team had a process\u2064 for carefully \u200cvetting buyers, and that their \u2064identities \u2062were \u2064known only to the gallery, and\u2062 not to Hunter Biden himself\u201d and\u2062 that the\u200c messaging from the Biden camp \u201cseemed to suggest that Hunter\u2063 Biden\u2019s art patrons came from a rarified universe of collectors who\u200b had nothing to do with the hurly burly of politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNeither of those things has turned out to be \u200dthe \u2064case,\u201d Schwartz reported. \u201cHunter Biden did in fact learn the identity of two buyers, according to three\u200c people directly familiar with Hunter Biden\u2019s own \u2062account of his art career. And one of those buyers is indeed someone who \u2064got \u200da\u200b favor from the Biden White\u200c House. The timing of\u200b their purchase,\u200c however, is unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Questionable Connections<\/h3>\n<p>Neither the Biden White \u200dHouse nor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-bidens-lawyer-lights-bong-first-son-visit-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden\u2019s legal counsel<\/a> wanted to answer whether Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a Los Angeles-based real estate \u200dinvestor and philanthropist, purchased Hunter\u2019s doodles before or after her July 2022 appointment\u200b to \u200bthe Commission for \u2064the Preservation of America\u2019s\u200c Heritage Abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The position is oft-filled by prominent campaign donors, of which Hirsch Naftali certainly is one; she\u2019s given $13,414 to \u2063the \u2062Biden\u200b campaign and $29,700 \u2064to the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-turns-impeachment-giant-win-record-breaking-fundraising-final-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic\u200d National Campaign Committee<\/a> this year\u2062 alone and hosted a 2022 fundraiser for Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Nor did anyone involved want to answer whether Hunter weighed in on behalf of Hirsh Naftali to his \u200cdad before her\u2063 appointment \u2062was made.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 appointment was key because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/irony-hunters-lawyer-files-ethics-complaint-mtg-accuses-abhorrent-behavior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter\u2019s<\/a> email suggests he\u200b had \u2063sway over one of the post\u2019s previous appointees. Eric Schwerin, one of\u200c his former business associates, was appointed\u200c by\u200b former \u200cPresident Barack Obama to the commission, \u200cwhich aims to preserve\u200b U.S.-linked\u2062 historical sites\u2062 in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>When\u2063 one of Hunter\u2019s cousins asked \u200chim\u200c about securing\u200b a post \u2062on the commission for his mother, Hunter\u2063 responded in an email that \u201cEric asked me for\u2063 one of these the day after the election in 2008.\u201d It may have\u200b taken him seven years, but he got it. \u2062Allegedly. Cough cough.<\/p>\n<h3>Art \u200cSales and Influence<\/h3>\n<p>As for Hirsh Naftali and a\u200d second buyer, \u200cit\u2019s unclear when they \u200cpurchased the art or how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/broke-hunter-biden-says-cant-pay-child-support-look-caught-bad-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter<\/a> \u2064found\u2064 out; his lawyer insisted it\u2019s because they were pals, although this should\u2064 probably be \u200btaken with \u2062a grain\u200c of salt (which, we swear, that\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ted-cruz-suggests-white-house-cocaine-doesnt-belong-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all\u200d the white crystalline substance<\/a> is \u2014 really! No need to have it tested).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe gallery sets the pricing\u2063 and\u200b handles all sales\u2063 based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-already-having-to-deal-with-ethical-headache-created-by-kamala-harris-niece-report\/\" title=\"White House Already Having To Deal With \u2018Ethical Headache\u2019 Created By Kamala Harris\u2019 Niece: Report\">highest ethical standards<\/a> of\u200b the industry,\u2062 and does not disclose the names of any\u200d purchasers to\u200c Mr. Biden,\u201d Hunter lawyer Abbe \u2064Lowell said in \u2063an email.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-startling-claim-secret-service-white-house-cocaine-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White\u200b House<\/a> had a similar non-denial denial\u2062 through \u200bspokesman \u200dIan Sams. \u201cHunter Biden is a private citizen who is entitled to\u200c have his own career as an artist,\u201d \u200che said. \u201cWe are not involved \u2064in his art sales,\u200c and any buyers of his art are not disclosed to the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Particularly not the individual who thought \u200dit was worth\u200d his or\u2064 her own time to purchase <strong>11<\/strong> (that\u2019s \u2063one-one) of Hunter\u2019s scribblings for a cool $875,000; Insider couldn\u2019t ascertain\u2062 the buyer\u2019s \u200didentity from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigration-expert-blasts-biden-admin-over-claims-on-border-crisis-an-offense-to-human-intelligence\/\" title=\"Immigration Expert Blasts Biden Admin Over Claims On Border Crisis: \u2018An Offense To Human Intelligence\u2019\">internal documents obtained<\/a> from Hunter\u2019s gallery, only that this purchaser constituted the majority of the $1.3 million\u2062 that sales of Hunter\u2019s\u200d art\u200d generated via gallerist Georges Berg\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<p>Berg\u00e8s wasn\u2019t talking, either.\u200b \u201cNames of\u200d buyers are strictly confidential,\u201d he wrote\u200b in an email. \u201cAny attempt to get them is illegal and will be reported to the proper \u200cauthorities.\u201d \u2064(It\u2019s also unclear whether \u201cthe proper\u200b authorities\u201d is a classier, art-world way of saying \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-confirmed-big-guy-panicked-messages-revealed-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the big guy<\/a>,\u201d \u2064but one can make his or her own assumptions.)<\/p>\n<h3>Ethical Questions<\/h3>\n<p>Business Insider managed to find a professional ethicist who gave the outlet a quote aside from just pure laughter. Bruce Weinstein\u200d said it was important to consider the timing\u2062 of the appointment: \u201cIf it\u200b was done after her appointment, and she likes the painting, it\u2019s less of\u2063 an issue,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s more of an issue if she\u2019s deciding\u200b to buy it beforehand. Then \u200cit might be perceived as a quid \u200cpro \u2064quo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein also went on to note that \u201cif you really wanted to choose the most ethically\u200b appropriate course of action, that \u200dwould not involve \u200bany conflict of interest, real or perceived, then you don\u2019t buy the painting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, if you \u201clike\u201d \u200dHunter Biden\u2019s paintings, I have a life hack for you: Go to any iPhone wallpaper site and click on\u200b the \u201cabstract\u201d section. \u2063Download your favorite middling, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-art-buyers-revealed-and-theres-1-name-that-should-raise-eyebrows\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's art buyers exposed, with one name causing suspicion.\">talent-free ink-blot \u200cdoodle<\/a> from there. Take it to a\u200b local print shop. Get it framed.<\/p>\n<p>If\u2062 you want to keep people from finding out that it\u2019s not\u200c an original, keep it roped off at your house and say that \u2064it\u2019s a\u2064 Hunter Biden original and you can\u2019t \u2062risk people \u200bgetting too close to it (particularly if they \u200chappen to be IRS agents\u2064 who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/incognito-hunter-biden-whistleblower-appears-front-congress-gives-explosive-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you think might turn whistleblower<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Voila. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-oversight-committee-probing-hunter-biden-art-venture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Several hundred thousand dollars<\/a> \u2062 saved.<\/p>\n<h3>Questionable Motives<\/h3>\n<p>Of course, I seriously doubt a soul \u2062actually \u201clikes\u201d Hunter\u200b Biden\u2019s paintings, the same way I doubt that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/identity-gops-irs-whisteblower-x-revealed-hunter-biden-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEFC<\/a> or Burisma \u201cliked\u201d his expertise (or near total lack thereof) in \u200cthe international energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>What they liked is the five letters in Hunter\u2019s last name and one\u200b number in his iPhone contacts \u2014 probably filed under \u201cDad,\u201d or \u2063maybe\u2064 \u201cThe Big Guy\u201d if he\u2019s gotten used to calling \u200bhis father what his \u201cfriends\u201d seem to.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Hirsh Naftali bought the paintings <em>after<\/em> \u2063her appointment, that\u2019s still\u200b not evidence that some form of \u200dquid pro quo \u2014 spoken or unspoken \u2014 didn\u2019t exist, nor is it proof that the carefully \u200dworded non-denial denials \u200bfrom both \u2063the\u200c White House and \u200dteam Hunter\u2062 are\u200d worth any \u200bmore \u200dthan the paper they\u2019re printed on.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because everyone knew his paintings were \u2014 unless viewed\u2063 as a lower-key way to barter influence than Hunter\u2019s\u200c previous endeavors \u2014 similarly worthless, too.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody was particularly surprised when it turned out the artist who was supposed to be protected\u200c by a firewall of secrecy just \u200bhappened to find out that \u2063one of\u2063 his \u201cfriends\u201d purchased his scrawling. It \u200balways felt like a matter \u2062of when and who, not <em>if.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now that we know,\u200b we go through the usual dance with\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-doj-unveils-charges-missing-whistleblower-spoke-biden-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Biden \u200bfamily<\/a>: carefully worded\u2062 denials, more slow-walked reporting that casts doubt on those, more carefully worded\u2063 statements that deny less, then reporting \u200dthat\u2062 proves those statements to be equally\u2062 flimsy, then a shrug by the president and the \u2062first son\u2019s counsel.<\/p>\n<p>What are you going to do about it, America? It\u2019s not like you <em>really <\/em>did anything <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-fbi-report-take-10-years-find-records-burisma-payments-bidens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about \u2064Burisma<\/a>, or CEFC, or Hunter\u2019s other dalliances with corporate entities that just happened to get then-Sen. \u2062Joe Biden\u2019s ear back when \u200dhe was in the \u200dupper chamber. Those \u2063with longer memories might recall that it was Hunter\u2019s job with a Delaware credit card company \u2014 and Joe \u2064subsequently shepherding legislation through that made \u2062it much more difficult to discharge credit \u2063card debt via bankruptcy \u2014 \u2062that helped \u200dearn him the sobriquet \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2008\/08\/senator-mbna-byron-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Senator from MBNA<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re well past \u2063the halfway point of the Biden presidency\u200b and the \u2064mainstream media is just \u200bgetting around to\u200d casually asking whether there\u2019s\u200d anything\u2062 to the Burisma and CEFC allegations, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-fbi-agent-confirms-key-portions-hunter-biden-whistleblowers-testimony-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two IRS whistleblowers<\/a> \u200dwho have made the family\u2019s history of influence-peddling too plainly apparent for even them to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>How long, one wonders, before they start asking \u2064serious questions about \u200chow many air-quotes \u201cfriends\u201d bought Hunter Biden\u2019s air-quotes \u201cart?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re already\u2062 a few years and\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lawyer-will-use-hunter-biden-plea-deal-leniency-case-mom-kid-shot-teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sweetheart tax-charge plea-bargain<\/a> \u200dtoo late, \u200bbut better late than never.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-bidens-art-buyers-revealed-1-name-raise-eyebrows\/\">Hunter Biden&#8217;s Art Buyers\u200c Revealed &#8211; And \u2063There&#8217;s 1\u2064 Name That Should Raise Eyebrows<\/a> appeared first on\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden&#8217;s finger-painting buyers&#8217; identities were revealed, contradicting the supposed protection against influence-peddling. 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