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I’d point you to them.”īut Psaki wasn’t done fending off questions about the art show, whose attendee list was first-reported by the left-wing publication Mother Jones.ĪBC News reporter Cecilia Vega took up Portnoy’s line of questioning. I don’t have additional details for you from here. Psaki replied: “Again, the gallerist has spoken to, we have spoken to the specifics that the gallery has agreed to and what recommendations were made. Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images Hunter Biden with California politician Michael Tubbs at the art show. If you have attendees who might be seeking either jobs in this administration or favors from this administration, isn’t this an awkward situation for the president?” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is President Biden’s nominee to be ambassador to India. Portnoy responded: “That the president’s son would be selling artwork and then meeting potentially with people who would seek to buy it. “What is, specifically? That he reportedly attended an event?” Psaki said. Portnoy, who is president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, pressed Psaki: “But just to follow up, this is exactly what ethicists said they were worried about.” Garrcetti in terms of his attendance,” Psaki said. I’d refer to the gallerist for questions about the event as well as the representatives of Mr. “Well, to be clear, we’ve spoken to the arrangement that is run by the gallerist and Hunter Biden’s representatives that the White House provided suggestions for. Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images White House press secretary Jen Psaki was on the defensive when asked about the ethics of a nominee of President Joe Biden attending his son Hunter Biden’s art show. The White House says the art sales will be anonymous, purportedly making influence-peddling impossible. Psaki invoked a months-old White House defense of the art sales - but reporters pressed her with follow up questions. Portnoy noted that ethicists “ have expressed concern that the president’s son selling art” could involve “people who seek jobs in this administration or favors from this administration.” “Should we expect to see more people who seek jobs in this administration attending events like this in the future?” CBS News Radio reporter Steven Portnoy asked Psaki at her daily press briefing. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, President Biden’s nominee to be ambassador to India, attended a Friday night event in Hollywood for the first son-turned-novice artist, who is seeking as much as $500,000 for his debut artworks.
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WASHINGTON - White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki grew flustered Wednesday when reporters pressed her on ethics questions raised by an ambassador nominee attending an art show for Hunter Biden. The week in whoppers: NY Times’ Master of Misinformation, Albatrosses’ ‘divorce’ and more Psaki declines ‘basic transparency’ about Hunter Biden Chinese divestment WH flags art market as money laundering haven amid Hunter Biden shows The New York Post ‘happily’ offers some positive headlines for President Biden