President Biden’s son entering the art field and selling his work for up to $500,000 to buyers whose identities will be kept anonymous has even raised ethics questions from CNN, and the White House’s reaction has so far been “just trust us, we’ll handle it”:
When asked about potential ethics violations surrounding Hunter Biden's art sales, Jen Psaki says "a system has been established" and "he has the right to pursue an artistic career." pic.twitter.com/Ot0YueKadS
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 9, 2021
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich doesn’t seem to have faith in the White House’s “just trust us, we’re making sure everything’s on the up-and-up” approach:
Hunter Biden has to be required to report on the source of the $75,000 to $500,000 he will reportedly be paid for each piece of his new “art”. This is an invitation to corruption. The Congress should pass a small law requiring him to report the sources of the money
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 10, 2021
The laughable part is that the Biden administration is acting like the only way to make sure everybody knows that no ethical violations are taking place is to make all buyers of Hunters “art” completely anonymous.
You can make trite and intentionally diversionary "what about Trump?" arguments if you don't want to acknowledge ugly reality, but here it is: when you pay this much money for 'art' by a non-artist son of the President you're not buying art, you're buying something else. https://t.co/3rmu8u1wBB
— Jeff B. tried to do his best, but he could not (@EsotericCD) July 10, 2021
— altheguy (@AAltheguy) July 10, 2021
Biden and the Democrats are seeking much more funding for the IRS, but we’re just guessing that the list of people they want put under the microscope won’t include Hunter Biden.
