Bestselling author Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, joins Mark Levin to discuss allegations of corruption involving Hunter Biden and his business dealings in the Ukraine. Peter Schweizer: Donald Trump Jr. would be treated differently than Hunter Biden in Ukraine case. Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer has said he sees a double standard in how politicians like former Vice President Joe Biden appear to be "protected" in Washington.
Schweizer claimed in an interview airing Sunday on "Life, Liberty & Levin" that Donald Trump Jr. would be treated much differently if he was engaged in similar business activity to that of Hunter Biden -- the former Delaware senator's 49-year-old son -- while his father held elected office.
Hunter Biden was paid $50,000 a month by Ukranian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings while it was under investigation for corruption. Media scrutiny of the connection intensified after President Trump was accused of committing an impeachable offense by asking Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden's dealings.
On "Life, Liberty & Levin," Schweizer said there would be outrage in Congress and the media -- as well as from himself -- if Trump Jr. were involved in a similar situation while his father was in the White House.
"Imagine if Don Junior flew over on Air Force One with his dad and inked a $1.5 billion deal, let's say in an area he has no background in like telecommunications," he said. "Washington would be going ballistic, I would be going ballistic and rightfully so.
"It's a completely different circumstance in the way that response is -- and that's what I think so infuriates people. There are certain people that are supposed to be protected. Biden seems to be one of those."
During the interview, host Mark Levin alluded to Schweizer's 2018 book "Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends," which chronicles his own investigation into the Bidens and other top Washington figures.
"And you write about Republicans in your book [too]," Levin said.
