{"id":600902,"date":"2021-07-23T07:36:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T11:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600902"},"modified":"2021-07-23T07:36:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T11:36:38","slug":"obama-ethics-chief-smacks-biden-admin-for-claim-they-have-highest-ethical-standards-of-any-admin-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-ethics-chief-smacks-biden-admin-for-claim-they-have-highest-ethical-standards-of-any-admin-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Ethics Chief Smacks Biden Admin For Claim They Have \u2018Highest Ethical Standards\u2019 Of Any Admin Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fobama-ethics-chief-smacks-biden-admin-for-claim-they-have-highest-ethical-standards-of-any-admin-ever%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=600902&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Biden-18.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Walter Shaub, the former director of Obama\u2019s Office of Government Ethics, slammed the Biden administration on Thursday over its repeated claims that it has established the \u201chighest ethical standards of any administration in American history\u201d by pointing out the continued controversy surrounding the selling of Hunter Biden\u2019s suspiciously high-priced artwork.<\/p>\n<p>The administration claimed in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-biden-attending-art-shows\">Fox News<\/a> that the deal that it helped craft surrounding the process of how Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden\u2019s son, will be allowed to sell his art is a \u201cprime example\u201d of the Biden \u201cfamily\u2019s commitment to rigorous processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly hope this is not a \u2018prime example\u2019 of the rigorous ethics because this is not rigorous. At some point, they have got to answer questions without deflecting by resorting to this increasingly tired talking point that they have the highest ethics of any administration,\u201d Shaub said. \u201cThey can start by sharing this agreement they negotiated with the art dealer. Then, they can pledge to tell us about any contacts the administration has with any known buyers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shaub added, \u201cIf they have time, they can tell us why they think it\u2019s appropriate to profit off the presidency after complaining about the last guy doing exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The administration previously said that Hunter Biden, the president, the administration, and even the American public would be kept from knowing the identities of the buyers of Hunter Biden\u2019s artwork, which could go for as high as $500,000\u2013an amount that has drawn criticism as it is significantly more expensive than what most artists seek for their first batch of artwork.<\/p>\n<p>However, a new report this week said that Hunter Biden will be allowed to meet with the prospective buyers of his artwork at the art gallery before they are sold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shows, a small, private affair in Los Angeles and a larger exhibition in New York City will give Biden an opportunity to interact with potential buyers of his paintings, which the gallery expects to sell for as much as $500,000,\u201d CBS News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hunter-biden-artwork-for-sale-meeting-buyers\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAsked whether Hunter Biden would attend both events, Georges Berges Gallery spokeswoman Robin Davis said, \u2018Oh yes. With pleasure. He\u2019s looking forward to it. It is like someone debuting in the world. And of course, he will be there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA source familiar with the matter told CBS News Hunter Biden will not discuss potential purchases, prices, or anything related to the selling of artwork,\u201d the report added. \u201cBut that raises the question: how would the public ever know what was discussed? There is no known enforcement mechanism or disclosure requirement embedded in the ethics deal. Conversations with potential buyers at the showings would almost certainly stay private.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/psaki-on-hunter-meeting-potential-buyers-of-his-art-wont-discuss-anything-related-to-the-selling-of-art\">claimed<\/a> during Thursday\u2019s press briefing that Hunter Biden is \u201cnot going to have any conversations related to the selling of art, that will be left to the gallerist, as was outlined in the agreement that we announced just a few weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Shaub, the former director of Obama\u2019s Office of Government Ethics, slammed the Biden administration on Thursday over its repeated claims that it has established the \u201chighest ethical standards of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600902","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=600902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}