by Frank Holmes, reporter
The Biden administration creates so much of its foreign policy based on who donates to the president’s family that it may even affect which Hamas hostages get released.
Incredible as it may seem, the very first U.S. hostage Biden managed to get released by the radical Islamic terrorist group just happens to be related to a woman who bought the “artwork” produced by Hunter Biden.
In an even greater coincidence, Biden appointed the woman to lead a government commission on art—a post that had led House Republicans to investigate the woman over the summer.
Here are the murky details—the good, the bad, and the ugly.
The good news is, one of the estimated 260 hostages held by the Muslim terrorist group Hamas has been set free.
Hamas released the youngest U.S. hostage in its custody, Abigail Mor Idan, on Sunday. Hamas terrorists murdered Abigail’s parents on the October 7 attack, shooting her father before her eyes while he blocked the three-year-old girl with his own body. Her six-year-old sister, Amelia, and her nine-year-old brother, Michael, escaped by hiding in the closet with their mother’s dead body. Abigail just turned four years old in captivity.
That’s good news—and gives hope to the nine other U.S. hostages still in Hamas’ clutches.
Unfortunately, that’s where the good news ends and appearance of the Bidens’ familiar brand of corruption begins.
The only American hostage Biden got set free is related to one of the women who brought Hunter Biden’s paintings—the abstract art the president’s son makes by blowing on paint through a straw.
Abigail’s great-aunt, longtime Democratic donor Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, pushed hard for Biden to get her relative released, as anyone would—but she’s the only one so far whose prayers have been answered.
When the Biden administration negotiated with Hamas about which Americans to release, “U.S. officials insisted that Abigail be included on an early list,” a senior U.S. official told Real Clear Investigations. “The President raised Abigail in nearly all of his phone calls with counterparts as well as with the Amir of Qatar on Saturday.”
Thanks to Biden’s negotiations, “She’s free and she’s in Israel now,” Biden said on Sunday.
It’s not clear when she bought Hunter Biden’s artwork, but it had already gotten her on the president’s good side.
The Biden administration said critics did not need to worry about influence-peddling in Hunter’s work through the art world, which is known for its role in facilitating money laundering, because the buyers’ identities wouldn’t be revealed.
But nothing keeps the buyers from telling Hunter Biden they bought his paintings—often for hundreds of thousands of dollars more than they’re worth—and passing on any other requests.
One of Hunter’s buyers was Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali…and it paid off.
Last July, President Biden tapped Naftali—who openly donated $200,000 to Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign—to serve as on the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.
The purchasers appointment seemed fishy to Republicans on the House Oversight Committee, who began investigating at once.
Once again, when tragedy strikes, the woman who gives money directly to the Biden family moves to the front of the line.
“Hunter Biden art buyer advocated for her grandniece’s release from Hamas captivity—and Joe Biden made sure she was the first American hostage released,” said investigative journalist Paul Sperry, “further indicating Biden puts his family first in everything he does (including foreign affairs).”
NEW: Hunter Biden Art Buyer Advocated for Her Grandniece's Release From Hamas Captivity –and Joe Biden Made Sure She Was the First American Hostage Released…Further Indicating Biden Puts His Family First in Everything He Does (Including Foreign Affairs)https://t.co/4eHzO7kq1o
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) November 29, 2023
“The Bidens have now reached a level of corruption so great that they are considering personal favoritism in hostage negotiations,” claimed one conservative critic on the social media platform X.
Another conservative wrote that this move alone made Joe Biden the “MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME.”
You have to be kidding me! Joe Biden watched as Hamas released hostages from every country besides the United States… then finally negotiates to get a U.S. hostage free and it is the niece of a lady who overpaid for Hunter Biden's art.
🚨 MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME 🚨 pic.twitter.com/aMp42sDguJ
— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) November 27, 2023
As usual, the mainstream media has had nothing to say about the latest instance of Biden corruption.
The liberal Daily Beast website smeared Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo as a “right-wing crank” for pointing the facts out—but it didn’t refute any part of her story.
Any American with a heart is glad to see one of their fellow citizens released from captivity, but we can’t help but wonder why it’s people with direct financial ties to the Biden family—and only them—who seem to get their way.
The House Republicans, who have already drawn up articles of impeachment, should deeply probe Hunter Biden’s art sales to see if nine Americans are languishing in captivity because they didn’t buy one of Hunter Biden’s paintings.
Frank Holmes is a veteran journalist and an outspoken conservative that talks about the news that was in his weekly article, “On The Holmes Front.”