In testimony before the GOP attempt to find something, anything to justify impeaching Joe Biden, the Los Angeles art dealer who sold art created by First Son Hunter Biden said he never discussed politics with any of his clients, but contradicted an earlier White House statement that Hunter didn’t know who bought his work, NBC News reports.
According to transcripts of the testimony, George Bergès told House committee investigators that Hunter insisted on knowing who bought his pieces, an unusual arrangement for clients of Bergès; Hunter later dropped the requirement in September 2021, but not before the White House had released a statement saying it helped craft a process that put a wall between Hunter and the art patron.
Investigators also asked the art dealer about Hunter’s association with Kevin Morris, a Hollywood attorney who reportedly paid off Hunter’s $2 million tax debt. Morris purchased multiple pieces through Bergès’ gallery, and Bergès said he saw other Hunter Biden artwork at Morris’s house that Bergès did not sell him, leading investigators to question whether there was a separate arrangement that cut out the art dealer.