Ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens is re-arrested
Alexander Smirnov had been released earlier this week with a GPS monitor ahead of trial but was taken back into custody Thursday morning.
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Alexander Smirnov had been released earlier this week with a GPS monitor ahead of trial but was taken back into custody Thursday morning.
Prosecutors have accused Alexander Smirnov of falsely telling his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma had paid President Biden and Hunter Biden $5 million each around 2015.
A federal judge in California said in an order Friday that he believes defense attorneys for Alexander Smirnov may be trying to “facilitate his absconding from the United States.”
The FBI informant indicted for allegedly lying to the FBI about Biden family corruption was rearrested Thursday.Special counsel David Weiss — who was appointed to investigate Hunter Biden — arrested Alexander Smirnov last week after securing a grand jury indictment on allegations that Smirnov lied t...
A federal judge is accusing FBI informant Alexander Smirnov who allegedly lied about Biden family bribes of working with his attorneys to flee the United States.