WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family. Alexander Smirnov‘s lawyers had urged the California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court judge’s order that the […]
Earlier this month, special counsel David Weiss filed charges against former longtime FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who was the confidential human source (CHS) who reported that Joe Biden received bribes from the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma. Those allegations were first documented on the infamous FD-1023 form in 2020 but went uninvestigated for three […]
LOS ANGELES — A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday, reversing an earlier order releasing the man. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II in Los Angeles ordered Alexander Smirnov’s detention after prosecutors raised concerns […]
Democrats have resuscitated claims that Republican lawmakers are colluding with Russia, this time in the GOP’s impeachment probe of President Biden. Republicans reject the allegations, which are based on the arrest of Alexander Smirnov, a paid FBI informant whom prosecutors say has close ties to Russian intelligence agents and whom they accuse of lying about […]
The former FBI informant arrested on charges of giving false information about the Bidens’ business dealings in Ukraine has been arrested again — on the same charges. Alexander Smirnov was arrested in Nevada on Thursday just two days after having been freed pre-trial by Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts on condition of GPS monitoring and the […]
The Justice Department doesn’t want the man accused of lying about the Bidens freely roaming America’s streets. Federal prosecutors asked District Judge Otis D. Wright on Wednesday to reverse an order releasing Alexander Smirnov from custody. “As discussed in more detail below, the nature and circumstances of the offense, weight of the evidence, and the […]
WASHINGTON — The explosive allegations at the center of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden were false, federal prosecutors said, and came from an ex-FBI informant who said he was in touch with Russian intelligence. The informant, Alexander Smirnov, is “actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections,” federal prosecutors said Wednesday, as […]
A former FBI informant has been arrested and accused of smearing President Biden and his son. The Biden administration’s Justice Department accused Thursday that Alexander Smirnov, 43, of making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record. Mr. Smirnov was arrested Thursday at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas upon return from […]
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