The art gallerist tasked with selling Hunter Biden’s paintings met with President Joe Biden and attended a wedding the First Family hosted at the White House, says a newly released congressional synopsis.
On Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Republicans released a synopsis of the committee’s transcribed interview with Georges Bergès, a New York City art dealer who sold Hunter’s artwork. In his testimony, the Republicans say, Bergès claimed he has “talked on the phone and met in-person with Joe Biden, even attending [a] wedding the Bidens hosted at the White House.”
In July 2021, the White House claimed it was allowing Hunter to sell his works “without him, or anyone in the administration, knowing who bought them,” as The New York Times described. According to the Times, the arrangement permitted Bergès to sell the paintings without disclosing “any information about the buyers or prices of Hunter Biden’s work” to “anyone” — including Hunter himself. This was to avoid the appearance of corruption suggested by the president’s son profiting from his father’s position.
In his remarks before the House committee, however, Bergès reportedly said he had “no communication with the White House” regarding the White House’s “agreement.” In fact, the synopsis says, Bergès confirmed Hunter “knew the identities of the individuals who purchased roughly 70% of the value of his art, including Democrat donors Kevin Morris and Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali.”
If true, this means the arrangement touted by the administration and media allies was a ploy to deceive the public about Hunter selling mediocre artwork to
