Hunter Biden along with his father President Joe Biden. (Photograph by Teresa Kroeger/Getty Pictures for World Meals Program USA)
The matter of who buys paintings produced by Joe Biden’s son, a former lawyer with a troubled previous, is taking middle stage on Capitol Hill – the place Republicans have vowed to make use of their new Home majority to aggressively examine the president’s household.
The chairman of the highly effective Home Oversight Committee on Wednesday demanded a New York artwork gallery produce a listing of who has purchased paintings made by Hunter Biden.
“Your association with Hunter Biden raises critical ethics issues and calls into query whether or not the Biden household is once more promoting entry and affect,” Republican James Comer of Kentucky mentioned in his letter.
Comer requested the gallery’s proprietor, Georges Berges, testify earlier than his committee subsequent month.
Hunter Biden is a favourite goal of Republicans, notably over his prior work with international corporations.
He’s the president’s second of 4 youngsters, although his older brother died of most cancers in 2015, and he has publicly mentioned struggles with dependancy.
The Republicans counsel that rich affect seekers could purchase Hunter Biden’s paintings with the goal of profitable favor on the White Home.
In line with Comer, a few of the work exhibited by the New York gallery have value tags as much as $225 000.
“Why would anybody pay Hunter Biden prime greenback for paintings that’s arguably nugatory? He is no Pablo Picasso,” Comer tweeted Wednesday.
The gallery, which lately promoted Hunter Biden’s work on social media, didn’t present a remark instantly to an AFP request.
The Biden administration, which presents itself as an moral antithesis to predecessor Donald Trump, has confronted questions on Hunter Biden’s enterprise dealings, particularly throughout his father’s tenure as vp (2009-2017).
