Still a right-wing eccentric, Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo On Wednesday, he found a way to connect the release of a young hostage to alleged corruption in the Biden family.
According to the host favorable to the conspiracy theory, Hamas could have given priority to release of four-year-old American hostage Abigail Mor Edan because her family once bought Hunter Biden artwork.
The host of MAGA, whose declamations and delusions have already helped cost his network hundreds of millions of dollars, also suggests that hostage releases during the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are linked to millions of dollars in bribes that Republicans have accused President Joe Biden of accept.
Speaking to House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), Republican Party Co-Leader Biden indictment investigation, Bartiromo questioned what is the “most damning piece of evidence” he has assembled to show “potential corruption on the part of Joe Biden.” (Months after beginning their investigation, House Republicans have yet to show tangible proof linking the president to foreign influence peddled through his family’s business dealings.)
After Smith ran through the standard GOP talking points on Burism And loan repayments of the president’s brother, Bartiromo then turned his attention to Edan, the first American freed as part of the hostage exchange.
“Look, we tried to dig into the specific decisions Joe Biden made, as vice president, that maybe he could have been paid for,” the Fox star said. “I mean, we talked to (South Carolina Rep.) Nancy Mace earlier and she said her family took in over $50 million. What did they get paid for?”
She continued: “And you know, there is a horrible story around the release of the hostages in Israel. Abigail Mor Edan, one of several young children released by Hamas over the past three days, (was) the first American girl released on Sunday. She has dual nationality, American-Israeli.
Adding that Edan’s story is a “parody” since she is now an orphan after Hamas militants killed her parents, Bartiromo expressed relief that the girl had been freed.
But at the same time, the conspiracy trafficking The host questioned whether Edan received preferential treatment because of his family’s ties to Biden.
“Thank God she was released, but we also learned that her family is a major donor to President Biden,” Bartiromo exclaimed dramatically. “And that his aunt actually bought Hunter Biden’s art!” I mean, of course we want Abigail to be released and come home to her family and we all pray and thank God for that. But why was she first? Because she had this connection with Biden?!
Bartiromo was referring to Los Angeles real estate investor and philanthropist Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, Edan’s great-aunt who donated tens of thousands of dollars to the Biden campaign and purchased Hunter Biden artwork. Naftali was also appointed by the President to the Commission on the Preservation of American Heritage Abroad.
Business Insider reported this summer, about Naftali’s purchase of some of her first son’s paintings, although it is unclear how much she paid or when she purchased these works.
Far-right media outlets have attempted to link Naftali’s ties to Biden to the release of his great-niece. Ahead of Bartiromo’s segment Wednesday morning, Breitbart request whether Edan’s release “suggests that his ties to the White House may have motivated the Biden administration to pressure Hamas to prioritize his release over other American hostages.”