The art was initially listed as $500,000 a piece and now range from $50,000 to $25,000. Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the committee, called the figures “exorbitant” and questioned whether Biden was using the art to influence foreign adversaries.
The questions about the art sales grew in 2021 and the White House announced then that all sales would be handled through a dealer without the president or his son knowing.
Bengels, a lawyer who worked 18 years at the firm, provided a statement saying she hadn’t worked on the case other than to research on the docket how to file electronically. She said she called the clerk’s office Tuesday to ask how to restrict confidential material from the court file and that there may have been some confusion in dealing with two clerks.
