# Hunter Biden artwork attracts ethics scrutiny

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 8, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-artwork-attracts-ethics-scrutiny/946031 "2021-07-08T21:55:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-artwork-attracts-ethics-scrutiny/946031/292 "2021-07-11T16:29:18Z")

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According to one of CNN’s legal experts, this does present an ethics issue, because the White House was involved in drawing up the agreement between Hunter and the art dealer.

> <https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1413854259410620416>

Seems like the “but he’s just a private citizen, who cares,” argument falls flat when the WH involved itself in the agreement.

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