Biden’s attorneys urged U.S. District Judge Hernan D. Vera to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing his client “has suffered a significant downturn in his income and has significant debt in the millions-of-dollars range.”
The House Oversight Committee is requesting documents from real estate investor Elizabeth Naftali, the Democratic donor and Joe Biden-appointee who reportedly bought Hunter Biden’s art.
Amid controversy over the art sales, Hunter Biden’s team stated that it had created a process to vet buyers and that the identities of the prospective purchasers were known only to the art gallery.
Georges Berges, the proprietor of the Georges Berges Gallery in Manhattan, has listed Biden paintings for sale between $55,000 and $225,000. Other paintings have sold for as much as $500,000. The painting buyers will be kept anonymous, leading to concerns from ethics experts that purchases could be used to cover up influence-peddling.
Attorney General Merrick Garland was pressed Thursday to appoint a special counsel to investigate the art sales of President Biden’s scandal-scarred son Hunter
The Congressman asking that question isn’t getting a response.
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