Hunter Biden has been slammed as “arrogant” for an extraordinary arrangement with his Manhattan art dealer to tell him who bought his paintings and for how much.
The first son’s contract with dealer Georges Berges was signed in October 2020.
Biden demanded the clause that read, in part, “gallery will give artist list of names of purchasers of work with prices … on a quarterly basis,” Republican lawmakers investigating the first son’s business dealings have been told.
And it was still in effect in July 2021, when the White House insisted that he had an agreement with the Manhattan gallery to ensure that the buyers would remain anonymous to prevent any influence-peddling.
The wording of the contract was disclosed by Berges in behind-closed-doors testimony given under oath to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability last week as part of its probe into the Biden family’s business practices.
He also told the committee that the president’s son, 53, knew who bought about 70% of his art, including that Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, who obtained works by the first son before and after scoring a prestigious presidential appointment, was a buyer.
Biden also knew that other works were bought by his “sugar brother,” Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris, who bought $875,000 in paintings and also fronted the cash for the first son’s $2 million federal tax bill.