In exchange for helping Joe Biden and Hunter Biden fire a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating the Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, special counsel David Weiss said in court documents released Thursday. The FBI announced that it had indicted an informant who he claimed was paid millions of dollars and gave false information. .
Alexander Smirnov, 43, is charged with making false statements and creating false and fictitious records during FBI interrogation.
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, leaves a meeting of the House Oversight Committee at the Capitol on January 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Prosecutors said Smirnov was arrested Wednesday at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, after a federal grand jury returned an indictment. He was scheduled to appear in federal court in the District of Nevada later Thursday.
The indictment says Smirnov provided “false and derogatory information” to the FBI despite “repeated warnings that he must provide truthful information and not fabricate evidence.” .
According to the indictment, Smirnov told FBI agents in March 2017 about Burisma’s potential acquisition of a U.S. company and an initial public offering (IPO) on a U.S.-based stock exchange. He said he had spoken to the owner of the store on the phone.
Mr. Smirnov, who reported the conversation to FBI agents, said that Hunter Biden was a director of Burisma, but this was publicly known.
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In June 2020, Smirnov is accused of first telling the FBI about two meetings he had four to five years ago. At that time, Burisma executives reportedly admitted that they “hired Hunter Biden to protect us through his father.” , from all kinds of problems. ”
During the meeting, the indictment says, Smirnov said the executives had each paid the Bidens $5 million while Joe Biden was still in the administration. According to the indictment, Smirnov said the payments to the Bidens were carried out by Hunter Biden, with the help of his father, and then-Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin against Burisma. He is said to have falsely claimed that he was in charge of a criminal investigation.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) claimed that Burisma executives, who allegedly paid then-Vice President Biden $5 million, have 17 audio recordings of phone calls with the Bidens. (Steven Maturen/Getty Images)
The indictment alleges that this information, provided by Smirnov in June 2020, was fabricated. Prosecutors say Mr. Smirnov had contacts with Burisma executives in 2017, when Joe Biden was out of public office and incapable of influencing U.S. policy, and in February 2016 when he was appointed as Ukraine’s prosecutor general. This was after he was dismissed.
According to the indictment, Smirnov changed his “routine and non-routine” business contacts with Burisma in 2017 and later expressed bias against Joe Biden and his presidential candidacy. -Claims that the bribery charges against Mr. Biden have been changed.
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Smirnov repeated some of the false claims in a September 2023 interview with FBI agents, claiming he had met with Russian officials, before changing other information and telling new false stories. He has been accused of promoting it.
If convicted, Smirnov could face up to 25 years in prison.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley were contacted. whistleblower Last summer, a person claimed that the FBI had in their possession a document called Form FD-1023, dated June 30, 2020, that contained sensitive biographical information alleging that Biden was involved in multiple incidents during his time as vice president. He claimed that the detailed information provided by the source was clearly stated. -Multi-million dollar schemes with foreigners in exchange for influence over policy decisions.
The source told Fox News Digital that the human confidential source had been used by the FBI “for at least several years” before the FD-1023 form was filed and was “found to be reliable” by the FBI. he said.
Comer said Thursday that FBI Director Christopher Wray denied a request from him and Grassley last summer to release the forms. That’s because the bureau “argued it would jeopardize the safety of a confidential source it claims is extremely valuable to the FBI.”
Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) presents the House Oversight and Accountability Committee entitled “Inappropriate Litigation: Oversight of Third-Party Litigation Funding” on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, in the Rayburn Building. Arrive at the hearing. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
Comer said the bureau informed him that the source was “trustworthy, has been working with the FBI for over 10 years, and is receiving a six-figure compensation.”
“The FBI’s actions in this matter are deeply disturbing. The FBI had this document in its possession for years, but it was not until Congress became aware and requested access that it released the troubling allegations contained in the records. It appears they didn’t do anything to verify it,” Comer said.
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Comer said the FBI’s FD-1023 form is not used in presidential impeachment investigations.
He said the impeachment inquiry is “based on a large body of evidence, including bank records and witness testimony, that shows Joe Biden knew about and participated in his family’s business dealings.” Ta.
“Just this week, we had another witness confirming that Joe Biden is a brand sold by the Biden family around the world. President Biden continues to lie to the American people on this issue. The American people demand truth and accountability for all wrongdoing, and we will continue to track the facts, propose legislation to reform federal ethics laws, and determine whether articles of impeachment are warranted. ”
The FBI declined to comment when contacted by FOX News Digital.
