Hunter Biden art dealer defies House committee demand for buyer info

Hunter Biden’s Manhattan art dealer is refusing to provide any information about the buyers of the first son’s paintings to a congressional committee investigating the Biden family’s business dealings, The Post has learned.

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In a Feb. 6 letter to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, a lawyer for art dealer Georges Berges raises “concerns” about complying with the committee’s demands to see records about clients who have purchased Hunter’s work. …

The Post has seen the letter from attorney William Pittard, who represents Berges and Georges Berges Galleries LLC. It notes that providing information about the buyers would violate White House rules that were set up specifically to deal with the sale of Hunter Biden’s artwork in 2021.

[Yeah, well, Congress is not bound by the White House’s rules, and those subpoenas are legal and enforceable … theoretically. In practice, Biden’s DoJ would have to enforce them. Or, perhaps it would fall to the special counsel to make that decision, given the potential connection between Hunter and classified material, but I think Merrick Garland would have that remain an in-house decision. Either way. this is a legit demand from the House, with clear legislative interest in whether Hunter’s late-in-life career change to big-ticket artist is a way of laundering money for influence peddling. — Ed]

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