Joe Biden avoids controversy over auction of paintings painted by his son Hunter

An unexpected controversy forced the White House to stand up for Hunter Biden, the son of the President of the United States. A gallery headquartered in New York and Berlin announced an auction of Hunter Biden paintings in which buyers’ anonymity would be guaranteed.

Confidentiality in art auctions is a basic requirement, unless a buyer wishes to announce their new acquisition. But this case is different. The work was carried out by the son of a sitting president. And it makes sense that there are those who point out that it’s important to know who bought and how much they paid for each painting. That basic thing that you need “To be and to appear” applies to this situation.

When he was addicted, Hunter Biden smoked Parmesan because, he said, it looked like crack.

If some North American state entrepreneur or some businessman or economic group was looking for a direct approach from Joe Biden, purchasing some of his son Hunter’s artwork might be one way to do it. And if it were not the same, the doubt cannot be ignored and most importantly, it would make Biden an easy target for criticism. Especially at a time like this, when Donald Trump has started tours of the United States in which he insists that there was electoral fraud to remove him from power.

Attentive to this situation, the The White House also defended the agreement to sell the paintings Hunter Biden was created to protect the government from potential conflicts of interest. “After careful consideration, a system has been put in place to allow Hunter Biden to practice his profession under reasonable conditions,” said press secretary Jen Psaki.

“Of course he has the right to pursue an artistic career, just as any son of a president has the right to pursue a career.” Psaki said it will be a professional gallery that will price Hunter Biden’s artwork and handle all sales as well. Likewise, any offer higher than the agreed sale price, or considered suspicious, will be rejected under the contract.

Hunter Biden was one of Trump’s targets for attacking Joe Biden during the campaign.

The aforementioned deal aims to prevent buyers from buying paintings to gain White House access or favors, but ethics experts have previously warned that this could be a headache for Joe Biden. In fact, questions have already arisen such as that of Richard Painter, chief ethics counsel under President George Bush: “Hunter Biden would have to wait until his father terminates the presidency to put his paintings on sale. “

Walter Shaub, who headed the Government’s Ethics Office from 2013 to 2017, added that “the White House should enable buyers name so that it can be monitored that it is not people or companies that end up doing business with the government ”.

Meanwhile, the George Bergès gallery is the one in charge of the future auction and a specialized media edited that the paintings of Hunter Biden cost to $ 75,000 to $ 500,000. Of course, “opinion makers” have also come out – there are some in the United States as well – to say that the tables are overrated.