President Joe Biden once promised an “absolute wall” would separate his presidency and his family’s private business matters.
A bombshell investigative report found that Hunter Biden sold his art gallery to a Democratic donor “friend” named Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali. Eight months later, Joe Biden appears to have returned the favor by naming Naftali to a prestigious commission.
“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,” Business Insider found. “It is unclear whether Hirsh Naftali’s purchase of Hunter Biden’s artwork occurred before or after that appointment.”
Jesse Watters: "Business Insider just revealed one of the people who paid for Hunter’s “art work.” Her name is Elizabeth Naftali. She’s not an art collector. She’s a Democrat Donor and she’s a friend of the Bidens. Joe Biden appointed her to a cushy government post shortly after… pic.twitter.com/fVYs38tFIj
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During Biden’s presidency, a New York art gallery debuted Hunter’s paintings in 2021 and requested for as much as $500,000. The White House said there was “a process for carefully vetting buyers, and that their identities were known only to the gallery, and not to Hunter Biden himself.”
One of the buyers was later identified as Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a Los Angeles real-estate investor.
Hirsh Naftali is reportedly “influential in California Democratic circles and a significant Democratic donor who has given $13,414 to the Biden campaign and $29,700 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this year.”
Hirsh Naftali once hosted a fundraiser headlined by Vice President Kamala Harris in 2022.
Karine Jean-Pierre walks away without taking questions on Hunter Biden's art sales to Democrat donors pic.twitter.com/KMyiYn2qy5
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 25, 2023
Another buyer purchased $875,000 worth of Hunter’s art, but the buyer’s identity remains unknown.
“Hirsh Naftali did not respond to requests for comment,” the report added.
Despite President Biden’s promise to keep his family’s financial affairs separate, there appears to be a major conflict of interest in the selling of Hunter’s high-dollar art.
Fox News host Jesse Watters reported, “Business Insider just revealed one of the people who paid for Hunter’s “art work.” Her name is Elizabeth Naftali. She’s not an art collector. She’s a Democrat Donor and she’s a friend of the Bidens. Joe Biden appointed her to a cushy government post shortly after Hunter’s art show.”
Ian Sams, a White House spokesperson, said, “Hunter Biden is a private citizen who is entitled to have his own career as an artist. We are not involved in his art sales, and any buyers of his art are not disclosed to the White House.”
Biden donor, appointee purchasing Hunter's art presents 'conflict of interest' and 'raises red flags': experts https://t.co/kzr5PUGIPA
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 27, 2023
“Biden donor, appointee purchasing Hunter’s art presents ‘conflict of interest’ and ‘raises red flags’,” Fox News reported.
RACKET: Hunter Biden Sold His Art to a Donor 'Friend' Who Joe Biden Appointed https://t.co/tBc8UqpStg
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) July 25, 2023
