The art dealer who sold Hunter Biden's paintings told Congress that President Joe Biden both called and met him at the White House as he was pitching Hunter's artwork and that the first son also made an unusual request to be informed about who bought his pieces, according to testimony that directly undercuts the White House narrative on the sales.
The Biden White House repeatedly told the public that Hunter Biden's art sales were covered by an ethics agreement to ensure they were arms-length and that the first family - Hunter included - was blinded to the identity of buyers.
Owner of the prestigious Berges art galleries based in New York and Berlin that sold Hunter Biden's painting from 2020 to 2023, told congressional impeachment investigators that the first son likely knew the identity of 70% of the buyers - the largest who were Democrat donors - and that Hunter Biden's first contract made an unusual request when the relationship started.
Berges said a subsequent art sale deal with the first son dropped the requirement for Hunter Biden to be informed.
Not only did Hunter Biden know many of the buyers, Joe Biden apparently knew about the gallery selling Hunter Biden's art and had two contacts with Berges, according to the testimony.
Berges' account mirrors that of an earlier Hunter Biden business partner, Devon Archer, who gave explosive testimony to Congress last summer revealing that Joe Biden as vice president got on about two dozen calls with his son's foreign business associates and had at least two dinners with them.
Berges said she bought bought one painting before her federal appointment and one after her appointment; Joe Biden fundraiser Lanette Phillips made the connection between Hunter Biden and Berges that led to the art sales deal; Berges sold his first piece of art for the first son in December 2020, just before Joe Biden took office; and Berges had two art sales agreements with Hunter Biden, one in 2020 and another about a year later.
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