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Judge suggests indicted FBI informant was planning to flee

A California district judge has suggested that the lawyer for a former FBI informant falsely accused of accepting bribes from President Biden was planning to help his client escape ahead of his trial. In a brief order unsealed Friday, Judge Otis Wright said lawyers for confidential source Alexander Smirnov suspect he was planning to leave […]

FBI informant accused of lying about Biden bribery allegation rearrested

The FBI informant accused by special counsel David Weiss of fabricating a $10 million bribery scandal against President Biden and his eldest son Hunter was released Thursday, two days after his release, in what his lawyers called “bizarre circumstances.” was arrested again. Alexander Smirnov, 43, was taken into custody at the downtown Las Vegas law […]

Arrest of FBI informant looms over GOP grilling of Biden’s brother

On Wednesday, Republicans who had hoped to grill President Biden’s younger brother were turned to the defense over the days-old indictment of an alleged FBI informant against the president, who was at the center of the GOP’s impeachment inquiry. For more than eight hours in private, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee pressed Biden on […]