When we first heard that Hunter Biden had found a passion for painting, many of us laughed. When we saw the work he’d created, we laughed some more. But when we learned that Hunter was having an art show and that his pieces were expected to fetch between $75,000 and half a million dollars, it wasn’t funny anymore.
Were the crackhead-turned-artist’s paintings really worth that much? Not according to a Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic, who said they weren’t worth more than $1,000 apiece. Even Barack Obama’s former ethics chief (who knew he even had one?) said something wasn’t right.
On top of the grossly inflated prices, the shadiest part of the controversy was that all the sales were confidential — which raised red flags that Hunter Biden’s artwork could be a scheme to sell influence with his father. Yet the White House laughably claimed the anonymity was to prevent corruption. Read more…
