from ZeroHedge:
While the DOJ continues to run cover for the Bidens, a new report from Insider reveals yet another shady looking transaction involving the first family.
While President Joe Biden promised on the 2020 campaign trail that there would be an “absolute wall” between his family’s private business and his official duties, it appears that was yet another lie – as the identities of several buyers of Hunter Biden’s art turned out to be “friends.” One buyer, whose ideitity remains unknown, spent $875,000 on 11 Hunter Biden artworks, while another received a direct benefit from the Biden White House.
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The buyer has been revealed as Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a Los Angeles real estate investor and philanthropist who is extremely influential in California Democratic circles, and has given extensively to the Biden administration ($13,414) and the Democratic National Campaign Committee ($29,700). In 2022, Nirsh Naftali hosted a fundraiser headlined by Vice President Kamala Harris.
Hirsh Naftali was appointed to the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad – a position Hunter had previously suggested he could arrange to have friends seated on. As Insider notes, it’s unknown whether Hirsh’s purchases were before or after the appointment.
In July 2022, eight months after Hunter Biden’s first art opening, Joe Biden announced Hirsh Naftali’s appointment to the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad. It is unclear whether Hirsh’s purchase of Hunter Biden’s artwork occurred before or after that appointment. Membership on the commission is an unpaid position that is often filled by campaign donors, family members, and political allies — the same crowd that often winds up with US ambassadorial appointments.
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In the past, Hunter Biden has privately suggested that he could arrange to have friends seated on the commission. Eric Schwerin, Hunter Biden’s longtime business associate, was appointed to the same post by President Barack Obama in 2015. -Insider
“If it was done after her appointment, and she likes the painting, it’s less of an issue,” said Bruce Weinstein, a professional ethicist and ethics trainer. “It’s more of an issue if she’s deciding to buy it beforehand. Then it might be perceived as a quid pro quo.”
Regardless, “if you really wanted to choose the most ethically appropriate course of action, that would not involve any conflict of interest, real or perceived, then you don’t buy the painting,” he concluded.
According to House Oversight Republicans, the report reveals “potentially another pay-to-play scheme” involving the Biden family.
