{"id":1997945,"date":"2023-08-11T14:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T18:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-job-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-foreign-influence-peddling\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T14:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T18:37:28","slug":"government-job-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-foreign-influence-peddling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-job-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-foreign-influence-peddling\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden&#8217;s art buyer receives government job known for corruption and foreign influence-peddling."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fgovernment-job-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-foreign-influence-peddling%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=1997945&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 Wealthy Democrat Donor to a Federal Commission<\/h2>\n<p>The recent appointment of Elizabeth \u200dHirsch Naftali,\u2062 a wealthy Democrat donor, to\u2062 the Commission for the Preservation of America\u2019s \u200cHeritage Abroad has\u200c raised eyebrows. This federal commission has long been associated with corruption,\u2062 secrecy, and advancing the financial interests of its members.<\/p>\n<p>Naftali, who has generously contributed \u2064hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democrat politicians, joins a\u2063 list of individuals connected to Hunter\u200d Biden \u200dwho have held\u2062 this\u2063 position. In 2015, President Barack Obama \u2063appointed\u200c Hunter&#8217;s business partner,\u2062 Eric Schwerin, to the same\u2062 commission.<\/p>\n<p>One might wonder\u200c why Hunter&#8217;s \u200cassociates are drawn\u2063 to this notoriously corrupt commission. It seems that the lack of attention paid to\u200d it provides \u200ban opportunity for individuals to exploit their positions. Emails found on Hunter&#8217;s abandoned laptop \u200creveal that Schwerin\u200b saw the commission as \u2062a \u2064way\u2063 to leverage relationships with foreign governments.<\/p>\n<p>During Schwerin&#8217;s tenure, the commission&#8217;s executive director, Jeffrey Farrow, was earning a six-figure government salary for what amounted to\u200c a \u200bone<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.\">-day-a-week job<\/a>. However, it was\u200c discovered\u200b that Farrow\u2062 spent the majority of his time running a for-profit\u200d international lobbying firm out of the government office. This blatant\u2062 misuse \u200bof a public office for\u2064 personal gain was brought to light by Katarina Ryan, the agency&#8217;s \u2063only full-time\u200b employee \u200cat the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis\u200d is a classic example of using a public office \u200cfor private\u200b gain,\u201d she wrote in a whistleblower complaint, \u201cbut what makes it \u200dparticularly reckless\u2062 is to have the\u2063 Federal government subsidize expenses for a lobbyist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The situation \u2062surrounding \u2063Farrow&#8217;s dual roles\u200c as a government official and a \u200blobbyist \u200cis reminiscent of the \u200ccontroversy surrounding Hunter&#8217;s own <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 York Times\u200b described it as &#8220;pretty\u2063 brazen&#8221; and highlighted the conflicts of\u2063 interest that arose when \u2063Farrow was simultaneously working with the State Department and members of Congress in his official \u200dcapacity while representing \u2064his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atlantic-council-scholars-made-millions-lobbying-for-putin-backed-pipeline\/\" title=\"Atlantic Council Scholars Made Millions Lobbying for Putin-Backed Pipeline\">lobbying clients<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The commission&#8217;s lack of cooperation with government investigations further adds to\u2064 its questionable reputation. \u200bIt\u2064 limited the scope of the General Services Administration inspector general&#8217;s \u2064investigation and prohibited the investigators from \u200creferring their findings for\u2064 criminal \u2064prosecution without its consent. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-job-handed-to-hunter-bidens-art-buyer-is-notorious-for-corruption-foreign-influence-peddling\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's art buyer receives government job known for corruption and foreign influence-peddling.\">final inspector \u2062general report<\/a> was only made\u200c public\u200b after Senator\u200d Ron \u2064Johnson requested \u2062it \u2063as part of a Senate Homeland Security \u200binvestigation.<\/p>\n<p>The report revealed that individuals associated with the commission had been using it\u200b as a personal \u200dpiggy bank, routinely falsifying paperwork and inflating invoices to maximize taxpayer dollars. Warren\u200d Miller, a former chairman of the\u200c commission, was \u200balso found to \u200bhave\u2064 misused the office and its benefits for personal\u200b gain.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 commission&#8217;s illegal designation of employees as contractors to bypass\u200d federal rules was another alarming discovery. This allowed \u200bindividuals\u2064 like Farrow to\u2062 act as employees \u200band sign contracts on behalf \u2062of\u200b the agency while being treated as contractors. The inspector general found evidence of\u2064 nepotism as\u2064 well,\u2063 with the commission hiring contractors from a company run by Farrow&#8217;s cousin.<\/p>\n<p>Despite whistleblower complaints and investigations,\u2063 the commission continued to\u2062 employ Farrow while placing Katarina Ryan on leave. \u200bThe Office of Special Counsel, responsible for investigating whistleblower retaliation, informed President Obama of the commission&#8217;s obstruction of their \u2063investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMr. Farrow\u2019s involvement\u200b in the resolution of\u200d these issues is troubling \u2064not only because he was the\u2062 key subject, but because his involvement created an opportunity for\u2064 self-dealing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is \u2063against this backdrop that \u200dElizabeth Hirsch Naftali, the wealthy Democrat donor, was appointed to\u200b the commission. While \u2064the \u2063exact timing of her art purchase from Hunter Biden is unknown,\u200b it is worth noting that she was \u200bappointed to the federal post eight months after Hunter&#8217;s first \u2063art opening. Hunter&#8217;s artwork, known \u2063for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mary-kay-linge-why-college-students-are-more-anxious-and-alienated-than-ever\/\" title=\"Mary Kay Linge: Why College Students Are More Anxious and Alienated Than Ever\">high price tags<\/a>, has raised concerns about potential conflicts \u200bof interest and \u2064the lack of transparency \u2063surrounding the buyers.<\/p>\n<p>Naftali&#8217;s significant contributions to Biden and her frequent visits to the White House further raise questions about the motivations behind her \u200dappointment. The \u200ccontroversy surrounding the commission and its\u200d history of corruption and secrecy\u200d only adds to the skepticism surrounding this appointment.<\/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":1997947,"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-1997945","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\/1997945","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=1997945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1997947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}