Paintings by the son of the American President, Hunter Biden, cost up to 225,000 dollars in the New York gallery Georges Bergès.
James Comer thinks that's a suspicious amount.
The Republican heads the oversight committee in the US House of Representatives and has written a letter to the gallery owner Bergès: “Why would anyone pay Hunter Biden lots of dollars for art that is probably worthless?” he asks in it.
"He's not Pablo Picasso." Buyers probably just wanted Joe Biden's goodwill.
Since the beginning of the year, the Republicans have held a slim majority in the House of Representatives and various investigations into the politics and family of the Democratic President have been initiated.
According to Comer's will, the gallery owner Bergès is now to disclose the names of the buyers of Hunter Biden's paintings and testify before the congressional committee in February.
The 52-year-old son of the President did not have his first solo show as a painter with Georges Bergès until 2021.
The "New York Times" wrote at the time that there was certainly more to see than the work of an amateur.
But the exhibition should not make anyone green with envy.
Gallerist Bergès sees Hunter Biden as "possibly one of the most influential artists of the 21st century".
For the lawyer Walter Shaub from the Project on Government Oversight, however, Biden's entry into art has already failed because of the public suspicion of discussion.
Republicans have repeatedly accused Hunter Biden of using his father's political career for his own professional purposes.