{"id":1997809,"date":"2023-08-11T13:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T17:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-post-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-used-to-buy-foreign-influence\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T13:05:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T17:05:15","slug":"foreign-post-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-used-to-buy-foreign-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-post-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-used-to-buy-foreign-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign post delivered to Hunter Biden&#8217;s art buyer linked to corruption and foreign influence."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fforeign-post-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-used-to-buy-foreign-influence%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=1997809&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>The Controversial Appointment of a \u2063Wealthy Democrat Donor to a Federal \u2064Commission<\/h2>\n<p>The recent appointment of Elizabeth Hirsch Naftali, \u2063a wealthy Democrat \u2064donor, to the\u2062 Commission for the Preservation of America\u2019s Heritage Abroad\u2063 has raised eyebrows and sparked concerns. This federal commission has long \u2063been associated\u200b with corruption, secrecy, and the advancement of its members&#8217; financial interests.<\/p>\n<p>Naftali,\u200b who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-making-sports-docuseries-including-megan-rapinoe\/\" title=\"Netflix produces sports docuseries featuring Megan Rapinoe.\">made significant \u200bcontributions<\/a> \u200cto Democrat politicians over the years,\u2064 joins a position \u200dthat is\u200b familiar to Hunter Biden. In \u200d2015, President Barack Obama appointed Hunter&#8217;s business partner, Eric Schwerin, to the \u2064same commission.<\/p>\n<p>One might wonder\u200c why Hunter&#8217;s associates\u200c are drawn to this notoriously corrupt commission. It seems\u2062 that the lack of attention paid to it allows for \u200dquestionable practices to\u2062 thrive. This government\u2063 agency has seen directors pocketing six-figure salaries while building lucrative foreign relationships. In fact, emails found \u200bon Hunter&#8217;s abandoned\u200d laptop reveal \u2063that Schwerin personally \u2063requested a spot on the commission after Obama&#8217;s \u200celection.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of Schwerin&#8217;s\u200c appointment, the commission&#8217;s executive director, Jeffrey\u200d Farrow, was earning a substantial salary for\u200c what \u200bamounted to a \u200done-day-a-week job. However, it was\u200c discovered that Farrow spent 90% of his time \u200drunning a for-profit international lobbying firm \u200bout of the government office. This \u2064dual role raised concerns\u2063 about \u200dthe misuse of a public office for private gain.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200csituation surrounding Farrow&#8217;s actions is reminiscent \u2062of the controversy surrounding Hunter&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-cronies-filed-misleading-lobbying-disclosures-senators-say\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Cronies Filed \u2018Misleading\u2019 Lobbying Disclosures, Senators Say\">foreign lobbying work<\/a>. The New \u2062York Times \u2062described it \u2064as\u2064 someone &#8220;burrowed so deeply in the\u200d government&#8221; while\u2064 engaging in lobbying and representing foreign governments simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>The commission has also been uncooperative with government investigations. It \u2062limited the scope \u200bof the General Services Administration\u2062 inspector general&#8217;s investigation and prohibited the referral of findings for criminal prosecution without its consent. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-post-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-used-to-buy-foreign-influence\/\" title=\"Foreign post delivered to Hunter Biden's art buyer linked to corruption and foreign influence.\">final\u2062 inspector general report<\/a> was hidden \u2064from the public until Senator Ron Johnson requested it as part of a \u200dSenate Homeland Security investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The report revealed that individuals associated with the commission used it as a\u2064 personal piggy bank, routinely falsifying\u200d paperwork. Former chairman Warren \u200cMiller was found to have used\u2063 the office and its benefits for personal use and to \u2064run a\u2063 law firm. Additionally, the commission designated employees\u200d as contractors \u200bto bypass federal \u2063rules,\u2063 even though they were acting as employees and signing contracts on behalf of the agency.<\/p>\n<p>One whistleblower, Katarina Ryan, filed a complaint against Farrow&#8217;s actions, resulting in her\u2063 being put on leave while Farrow continued to be employed.\u200b The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) informed President Obama that\u200d the commission&#8217;s chair, Leslie Weiss, had\u2064 obstructed their investigation by sharing its details with the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy surrounding the \u200bcommission, \u2064Naftali&#8217;s\u2062 appointment raises \u200cfurther concerns. While the exact \u2064timing of the art purchase is unknown, Naftali was appointed to the federal \u200bpost \u200beight months after Hunter&#8217;s \u200dfirst art opening. Hunter&#8217;s \u200bartwork sells for \u2062exorbitant \u200cprices, and it has \u200bbeen revealed that \u2062he learned\u2064 the \u200didentity of at least two buyers,\u2063 contradicting the \u200dBiden administration&#8217;s \u2063claim that only \u200cthe art gallery\u2062 would know the\u2063 purchasers.<\/p>\n<p>Naftali&#8217;s significant contributions to Biden and\u200d her\u2063 frequent visits to the White House have also raised questions about potential favoritism \u2063and influence. Her appointment to this controversial commission further adds to the scrutiny surrounding the Biden administration&#8217;s connections and decision-making \u2063processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>years, including Joe Biden, was selected to serve on the controversial federal commission. This commission has long been associated with corruption, secrecy, and promoting the financial agendas of its members. Naftali&#8217;s payment to Hunter Biden for his exorbitantly priced artwork raises concerns about potential conflicts of interest and further highlights the questionable nature of this appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":1997810,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1997809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1997809","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\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1997809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1997810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}