Peter Schweizer on Hunter Biden’s Ukraine connections
New questions surround Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son and his ties to the Ukraine; insight from investigative reporter Peter Schweizer, author of ‘Secret Empires,’ and Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett, author of ‘Witch Hunt: The Story of the Greatest Mass Delusion in American Political History.’
Author Peter Schweizer on Friday night addressed the questions surrounding Hunter Biden’s involvement with a Ukrainian natural gas company while his father, former Vice President Joe Biden, oversaw America’s Ukraine policy.
“The underlying story here involves Hunter Biden going around the world really collecting large payments from foreign governments and foreign oligarchs in the case of Ukraine,” Schweizer, the author of “Secret Empires,” said on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.”
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Joe Biden, now the Democratic presidential frontrunner for 2020, faced scrutiny for months over accusations that he pressured Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor, who at that time was leading a corruption investigation into a natural gas company that had ties to Biden’s son.
Rudy Giuliani, a personal attorney for President Trump, has suggested that Biden worked to protect the company from investigation while in office. Biden said Friday that the claim has no credibility.
The issue involving the Bidens resurfaced Friday after The Wall Street Journal reported that, in a July phone call, Trump repeatedly asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to work with Giuliani on a probe into Hunter Biden’s business activities in Ukraine.
Schweizer implied Hunter Biden’s credentials didn’t match with the position he held, and that the situation looked suspicious.
“He is supposed to be advising them on natural gas regulatory issues. He has no background in Ukraine. He has no background in energy or natural gas. So the question is, What is he being paid for? He’s not being paid for his expertise, he has none,” Schweizer said. “His father at this time is the point person on U.S. policy to Ukraine.”
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The author said Trump was “right” to ask for an investigation and accused Hunter of lying.
“Donald Trump is right to ask the question and to ask that there be an investigation to see what Hunter Biden was being paid for. Joe Biden has offered no answers,” Schweizer said. “Hunter Biden, when he’s been asked about this, has lied repeatedly and they’ve been proven lies by ABC News and other outlets.”
Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
