Georges Bergès, an art gallery owner who gave small-dollar donations about 20 times to Donald Trump in 2020, signed an agreement shortly after that year’s election to take on an unusual task: representing Hunter Biden, the son of President-elect Joe Biden, who was pursuing a nascent career as an artist.
The agreement produced arrangements that drew concern from ethics experts and has now brought increasing scrutiny from House Republicans. A transcript from a House panel’s closed-door interview with Bergès, released this week, provides the most complete picture to date of Hunter Biden’s artwork, including when his paintings have been sold and for how much. …read more…