Republican members of the House Oversight Committee have vowed to reveal the identities of the mysterious buyers of Hunter Bidenâs art one day after the first son missed a deadline to provide the panel records about his overseas business interests.
Bidenâs failure to meet the committeeâs Wednesday 11:59 p.m. deadline to produce financial documents and other records dating back to January 2009 mirrors his art dealerâs refusal to provide the panel with the names of his clients.
In response to a January request by the committee, William Pittard, a lawyer for Bidenâs art dealer Georges Berges, wrote a letter to Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) earlier this month raising âconcernsâ about complying with the committeeâs demands to see records about clients who have purchased Bidenâs work.
In the Feb. 6 letter, seen by The Post, Pittard argues that complying with the Committeeâs request to release the names of the art buyers âwould defeat the efforts of Mr. Biden and the White House to avoid the âserious ethics concernsâ that you raise.âÂ
âIf the White House was not aware of those buyers, it would seem impossible for the administration to grant the buyers any favors based on the purchases,â Pittard notes.
GOP Oversight Committee members say Bergesâ refusal to comply is only adding âfuel to the fireâ of the probe.
“Hunter Bidenâs artwork isnât worthy of hanging on the walls of a foreclosed motel, so why would anyone buy it?” Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) told Fox News Digital. “The answer is simple, to curry favor with the corrupt son of the president.”
“We need to know who purchased Hunterâs so-called âartâ, and Georges Berges refusing to provide that information to Congress only adds fuel to the fire for our investigation,” she added.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) echoed McClain, telling the outlet that all “Hunterâs attorney is doing is delaying the inevitable.”
“We will receive this evidence, one way or another,” Boebert said.
The committee has the power to issue a subpoena for documentation and testimony from Berges, and Biden, and refusal to comply with a congressional summons could result in a fine of up to $1,000 and up to a year in prison.
Lawyers for Berges and Biden would likely challenge any subpoenas issued.
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.), another member of the Oversight Committee, told Fox News Digital that the scope of the panelâs investigation goes beyond Hunter Biden, and that nobody “cares specifically about Hunter.”
“Weâre investigating the Biden crime-family operations. Theyâve moved a lot of very suspicious money,” Higgins said. “âSellingâ Hunter Biden art is just a method theyâve employed.”
“Weâll have every âart buyerâ identified and every dollar tracked by the end of this summer,” Higgins boldly vowed. “Weâre cracking open the whole Biden crime family.”
Bergesâ gallery has featured two solo shows of the scandal-ridden first sonâs artwork, in 2021 and 2022. Paintings by the self-taught artist ranged in price from $75,000 to $500,000.
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