Stupid young men do vicious and irresponsible things in all countries, including the sons of powerful people; and the powerful people pull strings to cover it up.

That's not surprising. The surprising thing is when normally honourable people appear willing to condone that kind of thing when it's someone whose politics they share, while they'd never do that, if it was someone whose politics they didn't share. Regardless of the colour of the politics involved (and it could be any colour - Red, Blue, Orange, Green...), that's just not right.