meeting and say, hey, i just bought the president s son s art for $500,000. now, maybe we trust joe biden not to give preferential treatment because he s a better human being than donald trump, but you don t run an ethics program on the idea that you hope everybody behaves. if everybody in the world would behave, we don t even need laws prohibiting murder then. so, walter, let s look at it from this perspective, and art is subjective, right? the appreciation of these pieces. but they re not bad. right? if you look at them, these are things that some collectors might like. is there a way that hunter biden could now become this great emerging artist and sell them for a price that matches the market that would not run afoul of ethics concerns? well, the thing is, it s just got the absolute appearance that he s profiting off of his father s fame. he s not selling under a pseudonym. he s not waiting until his father is out of office. and he s not selling at any
posted. hunter biden preparing now for his first big solo art show in the fall. ethics watchdogs and the government say they are concerned. the paintings are expected to fetch up to his much is half a million dollars apiece and buyers are going to remain anonymous. washington post reports today the white house has worked out a deal where buyers will be kept confidential from hunter himself can do ethics concerns. but served as former president obama s ethics chief just tweeted this the idea that even hunter won t know but the white house has outsourced to a private art dealer, we are supposed to trust the merchant in an industry who is known for money laundering? is this amateur hour for government ethics? we have the power panel to debate this for us, the former cochair of black voices for trump, former speaker of the
million dollars per piece. some ethics experts are crying foul. it just is implausible that this art from an unknown artist would be selling at this price if it didn t have the biden name attached to it. the cache that comes with buying this art is saying you own art created by the president s son. sources tell cnn the white house has been involved in forming a deal between a soho new york gallery owner and hunter biden to attempt to address any ethics concerns. two sources familiar with the arrangement say neither hunter biden or the administration will have any knowledge of who had bid or purchased the art work. it will be kept anonymous. and if there is any unusual behavior like the offer price is too high, the gallery is expected to turn down the offer. now they have created opportunities for people to try to get preferential treatment without even having to pay the price. this is just really an amateur
76 people are, still, unaccounted for. but this is a recovery a recovery operation, right now, no longer a rescue operation. 76 people, still, unaccounted for. 64, confirmed dead. our deepest condolences to their families. there is other news we are following tonight, as well. and by the way, we will be speaking next hour with the mayor. but there is other news that we re following right now. the white house facing ethics concerns, over paintings by president biden s son hunter. some of them are about to go up for sale at considerably-high prices. cnn washington correspondent, sunlen serfaty, has details. these paintings by president biden s son hunter are sparking ethics concerns for the white house. hunter s art work is set to be displayed at private and invite only showings in los angeles and new york city. priced between $75,000 to half a
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