In a break in the Merrick Garland hearing on Tuesday, CNN Senior Justice Department Correspondent Evan Perez declared "I think the Attorney General is being a lot more forceful than he has been at these hearings in the past. Often, he takes to punches. Today he's been very forceful, pushing back, getting a little bit, certainly animated when he was being accused of discrimination against Catholics. One thing we should note, I think, is that Hunter Biden has struggled to sell any of these paintings, so Matt Gaetz's facts are actually not right."
The president's son has drawn at least $1.3 million from his paintings.