26 Jul 2021
CNN took a rare swipe Sunday at Hunter Biden’s business of selling art by suggesting the “president’s son” is causing a “huge optics problem” for the White House.
“I don’t know anything about art, but these people do. One Pulitzer-Prize winning art critic says that he thinks that Hunter Biden’s art is kind of like a cafe painter. He says, you wouldn’t, unless you were related to the artist, spend more than $1,000 on it,” CNN’s Abby Phillip said. “But then another art critic, who actually likes Hunter Biden’s work also says this, ‘Anybody who buys it would be guaranteed instant profit. He’s the president’s son. ”
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23 Jul 2021
White House press secretary Jen Psaki could not identify Thursday any “procedures” to ensure Hunter Biden’s “art” sales to “anonymous” investors at up to $500,000 are ethical.
“Are there any specific procedures, you can tell us, that are being put in place to ensure these conversations remain, as you say, not about the sales?” a reporter asked.
“Will he get ethics training, will he have to report afterwords about the conversations anything specific you can tell us about you are monitoring” the sale of art?
Psaki regurgitated a frequent response, ignoring the reporter’s direct question by suggesting Hunter “is not involved in the sale or discussions about the sale of his art,” and that Hunter will not be “informed” of “who is purchasing his art.”