The Art Of The Steal

OK, yeah, this is an actual Hunter Biden scandal, and the Biden White House absolutely looks corrupt as hell here.

 

A New York gallery owner will facilitate sales of Hunter Biden's original artwork, an arrangement meant to diffuse concerns over buyers paying top dollar to win influence with the president's son, according to a source familiar with the situation.

The gallerist, Georges Berges, will independently set prices on the artwork of President Joe Biden's son and keep the identities of buyers confidential, including from the president and administration officials. Berges will be the sole person authorized to collect, reject and agree on offers. Berges has agreed to reject any offer that seems unusual, including offers above asking price.

White House officials were involved in creating the arrangement, according to the source, as a way to avoid any suggestion of preferential treatment or conflict of interest.

According to the Washington Post, which first reported the story, Berges has said Hunter Biden's artwork could be priced anywhere from $75,000 to $500,000.

But ethics experts are raising concerns about the agreement.

"This arrangement is problematic. The best disinfectant, in this case, would have been to have a publicly open process. The public could see who the purchasers are, and then it would be incumbent upon the Bidens to bear the burden of saying why it isn’t a conflict," said Meredith McGehee, executive director of Issue One, a nonprofit dedicated to reducing the influence of money in politics.

 

It's beyond "problematic".

 

If Ivanka had created several pieces of artwork during her father's corrupt regime and had a gallery sell the art to private, undisclosed donors, we absolutely would know it was a scam, and that it was a legalized payoff to the Trump family in exchange for political favors. Democrats would have demanded transparency and they would have been absolutely correct in doing so.

For Hunter Biden to do this and for Joe to go along?

Malarkey, Mr. President.

You goddamn well know it, too.

Do better.