Justice Department Charges FBI Informant With Falsely Alleging Joe Biden Paid Bribes
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.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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