

The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer
Government Accountability Institute
Peter Schweizer is the author of, among other books, "Clinton Cash," "Extortion," "Throw Them All Out," and "Architects of Ruin." He has been featured throughout the media, including on "60 Minutes" and in the "New York Times." He is the cofounder and president of the Government Accountability Institute.
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Nov 1, 2022 • 27min
Where the Teachers Unions Send Their Money
Last year the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) collected approximately $575 million in dues from their members. How did they spend these funds?

Oct 25, 2022 • 24min
Big Pharma Seeking COVID Profits, Liability Limits
While American politicians are pushing the Covid vaccine for American children, other countries are warning against it. In Denmark, the government has actually made it impossible for those under 18 to receive a COVID-19 vaccination without a doctor’s recommendation since children are at such a low risk of symptoms. The Swedish government no longer recommends the vaccine for those under 17 years old. Since September 1, the British government has limited COVID-19 vaccination to children under 12 to just those at high risk.Why the difference?On the most recent episode, Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers explain there are two key motivations guiding this: profits and liability protections.

Oct 18, 2022 • 27min
Bipartisan Support For Insider Trading
Insider trading by members of Congress and senior officials of the executive branch demonstrate the sort of corruption that enrages voters. Co-host Eric Eggers starts this week’s episode of the Drill Down off with a fitting observation: “Behind every powerful and successful woman… is a husband with incredibly well-timed stock trades.”

Oct 12, 2022 • 28min
The Environmental Destruction Of the Green Movement
As more US states and European countries commit themselves to pushing electric cars, the nagging questions about mining become more pressing. Electric cars need lots of rare-earth minerals. As demand for EVs grows, so does the need to find, mine, and refine these minerals into service. And this leaves a lot of questions, and a lot of room for America’s adversaries to exploit the demand. On the latest episode of The Drill Down, co-hosts Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers talk sense about the problems this creates.

Oct 4, 2022 • 32min
Voter Fraud is Enabled By Bad Policy
October is election season. Campaigning and early voting are already proceeding across the nation, absentee ballots are in the mail. And election fraud news is breaking. Peter and Eric update us on the latest election fraud news in this week’s episode of The Drill Down.

Sep 28, 2022 • 28min
Food Fraud Costing Taxpayers Millions
When the government gives away food money, some of it ends up buying carts full of gold and even supporting terrorists overseas. Peter and Eric detail the criminal waste in the SNAP program.

Sep 20, 2022 • 26min
The Podesta Cronyism Inflation Climate Act
The Podesta Cronyism Inflation Climate Act

Sep 13, 2022 • 25min
The Rise of the Police State
The Rise of the Police State

Sep 7, 2022 • 31min
The Government Mob with Special Guest Michael Franzese
The Government Mob with Special Guest Michael Franzese

Aug 30, 2022 • 26min