DoJ charges Hunter witness Smirnov with false statements

[Qutzupalotl]

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BREAKING: DOJ & Special Counsel David Weiss just charged Alexander Smirnov, who is the informant who provided derogatory statements & information against Hunter Biden & Joe Biden. They charged him with "false statements & obstruction crimes." This is pretty big.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. K & R!

[Qutzupalotl]

2. Here's the indictment:

https://www.justice.gov/sco-weiss/media/1338741/dl?inline=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

[Bev54]

12. Thanks, I cannot wait to hear from Marcy Wheeler at Empty Wheel about this.

Unfortunately she is in Ireland so probably heading to bed right now.

[brer cat]

16. Thank you. Interesting read.

[Hekate]

3. KnR!

[Qutzupalotl]

4. To quote someone else on twitter, which a nazi tried to rename X,

“There goes Comer's entire case, LOL.”

[Bluethroughu]

23. What did Comer know and when did he know it?

Malicious use of Congressional power, should come with consequences.

[moniss]

5. Now dig for the ones

who put him up to it.

[Bev54]

6. Now we know why Johnson was in such a hurry to get the hell out of town.

[spanone]

7. K&R

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. This will make Comer and Gym Jordan cry

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[et tu]

9. i'm floored!

maybe justice is for just about everyone~

[Cha]

10. TY!

[senseandsensibility]

11. Pretty big news indeed

[PufPuf23]

13. Out of the blue. Good News.

Hurry up please and satisfy all my curiosities.

[Qutzupalotl]

14. & thanks for the hearts, whoever you are.

I do appreciate it.

[Kingofalldems]

15. Now immunize him to find out who put him up to it.

[niyad]

17. KNR. I want him to give up his paymaster.

[moonshinegnomie]

18. im sure hannity and the othe rrwnj's will be reporting this tonite

after all they are all about truth and fairness right???????

[Takket]

19. hope it was worth it for this dipshit suffering from hunter derangement syndrome to ruin his life

to help score political points for the rethugs. I'm sure jordan and comer will come visit him in prison.

BTW this won't slow down the rethugs AT ALL. they will just launch a new investigation of the investigators that charged their witness.

[NBachers]

20. Ah Yes, the vaunted "Whistleblower." Prosecute every Puke who had their turn in the barrel with him.

[Bev54]

21. Empty Wheel has an article up right now, which explains what is really happening here.

https://www.emptywheel.Net/2024/02/15/the-gaps-in-leo-wises-belated-indictment-of-alexander-smirnov/

[paleotn]

22. Careful, Merrick Garland. That may be construed as "political".

[TeamProg]

24. kick

[More_Cowbell]

25. I saw an interesting post about the special counsel's conflict

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/02/15/the-gaps-in-leo-wises-belated-indictment-of-alexander-smirnov/

(oops, Bev54 got it up at post #21 already!)

[TomSlick]

26. But, but, but....

We were assured over and over that Smirnov was a credible witness.

Surely, the Rethuglicans in Congress would not mislead us.

[Flatrat]

27. The republican crime syndicate

is the most incompetent organized crime outfit. It reminds me of Jimmy Breslin's book about the mafia, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight,

[WarGamer]

28. that'll put a dent in the impeachment thing... lol

Too bad, so sad, GOP.

[unblock]

29. I know what Donnie will say

He'll insist it's political and then vow to revenge indict a bunch of democrats.

And of course his base will eat it up and the media will amplify it.

[dalton99a]

30. FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden's ties to Ukrainian energy company (AP)

https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-burisma-fbi-informant-lying-6969656f6012780a23a4b8841ce2689b

FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Updated 6:09 PM CST, February 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant has been charged with lying to authorities about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.

Alexander Smirnov falsely reported in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016, prosecutors said. An executive claimed to have hired Hunter Biden to “protect us, through his dad, from all kinds of problems,” prosecutors said.

Smirnov in fact had only routine business dealings with the company in 2017 and made the bribery allegations after he “expressed bias” against Joe Biden, who was then a presidential candidate, prosecutors said in court documents.

Smirnov, 43, appeared in court in Las Vegas briefly Thursday after being charged with making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record. He did not enter a plea. The judge ordered the courtroom cleared after federal public defender Margaret Wightman Lambrose requested a closed hearing for arguments about sealing court documents. She declined to comment on the case.

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[ffr]

31. Dan Rather lost his job over far far less, a true report that was doctored

Let the RW and GOP heads roll! The firings and resignations should begin in earnest!