{"id":1982373,"date":"2023-07-25T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/money-honey-hunter-bidens-art-patron-has-funneled-millions-to-democrats\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:44:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:44:07","slug":"money-honey-hunter-bidens-art-patron-has-funneled-millions-to-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/money-honey-hunter-bidens-art-patron-has-funneled-millions-to-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s art patron has directed millions to Democrats."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fmoney-honey-hunter-bidens-art-patron-has-funneled-millions-to-democrats%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=1982373&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>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali sent big\u200b checks to Biden, Obama, DNC<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>Hunter Biden and Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali (Getty \u2063Images\/USCPAHA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The California real estate investor and Biden administration commission member who purchased\u2062 Hunter Biden&#8217;s \u2062art has contributed more\u2062 than\u2062 $4.5 million to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-governor-breaks-his-own-covid-rules-to-eat-fancy-french-food\/\" title=\"Ca. Governor Breaks His Own COVID Rules To Eat Fancy French Food\">liberal politicians<\/a> and causes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/money-honey-hunter-bidens-art-patron-has-funneled-millions-to-democrats\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's art patron has directed millions to Democrats.\">federal campaign\u2064 finance disclosures reviewed<\/a> by the <em>Washington Free \u2063Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth \u2064Hirsh Naftali has funneled\u2062 roughly $4.53 million to Democratic candidates since \u200d2004, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-cheri-bustos-diverts-post-office-aid-cash-to-own-campaign\/\" title=\"Dem Cheri Bustos Diverts Post Office Aid Cash to Own Campaign\">disclosures show<\/a>. \u200dPresident Joe Biden is a major recipient of\u2063 that money\u2014his \u2064campaign and victory fund has received more than $220,000 from Naftali, nearly \u2062$7,000 of which came in April. Naftali has also \u2063sent the Democratic National Committee more than $200,000 since Biden became\u2062 president, and \u200dshe contributed nearly $75,000 to former president Barack Obama&#8217;s\u200c campaign\u2063 and victory fund from\u2062 2008 to\u200d 2012. In addition to the campaign\u2062 contributions, Naftali\u2062 sent $250,000 to the Biden Inaugural Committee,\u2064 disclosures show.<\/p>\n<p>Naftali&#8217;s status as a\u2063 Hunter Biden art buyer, which\u2063 <em>Business Insider<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hunter-biden-joe-artwork-berges-gallery-elizabeth-hirsh-naftali-2023-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> Monday, contradicts the White\u2063 House&#8217;s promise \u2064to install &#8220;reasonable safeguards&#8221; around the \u200cscandal-plagued first\u200d son&#8217;s art \u200dshows. The president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/press-release-president-biden-announces-key-appointments-boards-and-commissions-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointed Naftali<\/a> to his \u2063Commission for the Preservation of America&#8217;s Heritage \u200dAbroad in July 2022, nine months after \u2064Hunter \u2064Biden&#8217;s\u2064 first show.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the appointment, Naftali has visited the White House at least 13 times since \u2064December 2021, the \u2063 <em>Free\u2063 Beacon <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/hunter-bidens-art-patron-visited-white-house-over-a-dozen-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Tuesday. One of those visits saw\u200b Naftali meet one-on-one\u200b with White House senior adviser Neera Tanden.<\/p>\n<p>The White House claimed all Hunter Biden art buyers would remain anonymous. But the first son, according\u200d to <em>Insider<\/em>, knew of at least one buyer\u2014wealthy Los Angeles attorney Kevin Morris, who loaned \u200cHunter Biden millions of dollars to\u2063 pay off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-founder-used-donor-cash-to-shore-up-shoddy-finances\/\" title=\"Lincoln Project Founder Used Donor Cash to Shore Up Shoddy Finances\">back taxes<\/a>. While\u200b someone close to \u2063Morris told the <em>New York Times<\/em> that the \u200dattorney may have \u200dreceived \u200cthe art as a gift, <em>Insider<\/em> found \u2062that Morris purchased the art.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b addition to her contributions to the Biden campaign, Naftali\u2014who did not return a request for comment\u2014last year hosted\u200b a fundraiser for Vice\u200d President Kamala\u200b Harris. Naftali has also contributed\u2063 to a who&#8217;s who of congressional Democrats, including\u2064 former House speaker Nancy \u2064Pelosi (D., Calif.), House Minority \u200bLeader Hakeem \u200dJeffries (D., \u2063N.Y.),\u2063 and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.).<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration told\u2064 <em>Insider<\/em> \u2063that Pelosi recommended Naftali to serve\u200c on the Commission for the Preservation of America&#8217;s Heritage Abroad. But Hunter Biden has indicated \u200dthat he holds sway when it comes to \u2063the commission&#8217;s members. Hunter Biden&#8217;s cousin, Missy Owens, \u2062in March \u200d2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/hunter-bidens-art-patron-visited-white-house-over-a-dozen-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> if he\u200c could secure her mother a \u200dspot on the commission. In response, Hunter Biden noted \u2063that &#8220;Eric,&#8221; an apparent reference\u200d to business \u200bpartner Eric Schwerin, asked to serve on the commission in 2008. Schwerin <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2017\/01\/05\/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">landed<\/a> \u200con the\u200c Commission for the Preservation\u200b of \u2062America&#8217;s Heritage\u200d Abroad in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden&#8217;s lack of art \u2063experience has not stopped\u2064 the recovering drug \u2062addict from selling paintings for \u2063big money. The first son sold at\u2062 least $875,000 worth of art to a single patron, \u2063money that comes as he navigates a litany of legal and financial problems over his failure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-brags-americans-can-pay-for-more-expensive-thanksgiving-with-government-handouts\/\" title=\"White House Brags Americans Can Pay for More Expensive Thanksgiving with Government Handouts\">pay federal income taxes<\/a> and his ownership\u2063 of\u2062 a firearm while \u2063addicted to drugs. Hunter \u2064Biden is\u2063 also on \u2062the hook for $5,000 in \u200bmonthly payments to support a child that \u2062the \u200bBiden \u200dfamily \u200cdoes\u2062 not acknowledge.<\/p>\n<p><em>Meghan Blonder contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a California real estate investor and Biden administration commission member, has donated over $4.5 million to liberal politicians and causes. She sent substantial checks to Biden, Obama, DNC, and Hunter Biden. These details were revealed through federal campaign finance disclosures reviewed by the Washington Free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":1982374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/1982373","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}