Charges were announced against FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, accused of making false statements that were central to the Biden impeachment inquiry.
WASHINGTON ― A central piece of evidence in the impeachment inquiry against President
Joe Biden may have just evaporated.
The Justice Department on Thursday announced that an
FBI informant was lying when he said a Ukrainian oligarch told him he’d bribed Biden.
Special counsel David Weiss, the U.S. attorney prosecuting the president’s son Hunter Biden on gun purchase and tax delinquency crimes, announced that FBI informant Alexander Smirnov has been charged with making a false statement and creating a false record related to the bribery allegation.
Republicans brought Smirnov’s claims to light last summer as part of their investigation into alleged corruption in the Biden family.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) obtained and published an FBI file recording Smirnov’s claim that Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of a Ukrainian gas company, Burisma, which employed the president’s son, had paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million in bribes.
For months, Republicans have claimed the bribery allegation had come from a credible source. According to the Justice Department, the allegation had been made up.
Smirnov could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
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Charges were announced against FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, accused of making false statements that were central to the Biden impeachment inquiry.
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