Questions raised as Biden impeachment witness goes missing from prison after lying to FBI

[riversedge]

Source: raw story


Travis Gettys November 7, 2025 1:02PM ET


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Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty to making up a story that former President Joe Biden and his son Hunter had gotten millions of dollars in bribes from a Ukrainian energy company, but journalist Jacqueline Sweet reported on her Disaster Girl Substack page that he's apparently no longer serving a six-year prison term imposed days before Trump returned to office.

"Despite Smirnov being judged a flight risk, with ties to Russian intelligence and foreign assets, the U.S.-Israeli citizen has been mysteriously missing from prison for at least the past four months," Sweet reported. "Following reports in April that the Trump administration was reviewing the case, concerns have now arisen that the president is considering an imminent pardon."

"Smirnov had been serving his sentence at FCI Terminal Island, a low-security prison in Los Angeles," the report added. "He is still listed at FCI Terminal Island on the Bureau of Prisons website, with a release date of February 2029. But while no filings on the docket for his appeal indicate how or why his release was ordered, he has not been there since at least July."

A process server found Smirnov was no longer at the prison when he attempted to serve papers for a civil lawsuit related to his time working as a confidential FBI informant on a securities fraud case involving a California man named Andrew Hackett, and the prison confirmed he was on "furlough, according to emails and court filings Sweet reviewed."

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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/pardon-2674275403/

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A flight risk prisoner gets furlough???? whow. And is now gone missing!!

Bet Trump and or his gang know how to get in touch with him.

[BlueKota]

1. He's probably in Russia

[Marie Marie]

9. And Trump probably lent him AF1 to get there.

10-1 Trump had everything to do with him "escaping" his prison sentence.

[rubbersole]

12. We're in Russia.

His value just lost its "affordability".

[BlueKota]

20. Good point

[sop]

2. Are we sure Ghislaine Maxwell hasn't gone "missing," too?

[Codifer]

36. Are we sure

that Epstein's coffin contains Epstein?

[C Moon]

3. Our country is so freaking corrupt...in every single corner.

Money talks.

[Buddyzbuddy]

10. You mean this Administration and Republicans.

Last I heard, they have all of the power.

[C Moon]

27. Yes. I was just pissed and yelling. :)

[Buddyzbuddy]

30. I completely relate.

[maxsolomon]

14. "Every single corner"?

That's not the case.

It's just Repukes.

[C Moon]

26. Yes. I was just screaming nonsense. I'm just surprised that they were able to sneak someone out of a prison.

They must have paid of lots of people to do that one.

[ananda]

16. Remember... no bar too low.

And I mean none.

[Mr. Evil]

19. You are so right.

[Mr. Sparkle]

4. This administration is a criminal enterprise

They are not planning on leaving.

[RussBLib]

21. so we may have to pry them out

don't ask me how.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[bluedigger]

5. Furlough?

Furlough?

[mn9driver]

6. It seems likely that this guy knows too much.

He’s been disappeared. That might be good for him , or very bad for him. I’m betting on bad.

[reACTIONary]

34. His lawyer says that he has been given a medical furlough....

... for an eye condition that needs treatment.

[usonian]

7. Found

[gab13by13]

8. More likely he was Epsteined.

These people are way more evil than people are giving them credit for.

[FakeNoose]

13. The prison guards are a little smarter now

They can get things done without leaving fingerprints or missing video time.

[yellow dahlia]

22. I wondered the same.

[bluestarone]

24. He probably doesn't realize he's a dead man.

Last edited Sat Nov 8, 2025, 11:22 AM - Edit history (1)

Like Maxwell doesn't realize she's a dead woman. Let's watch this play out. Just adding here to explain my thinking. I'm saying it's their OWN people will do to them, what they did to Epstein himself in prison. They know TOO MUCH, to be allowed to breath. Their time will come at a certain point. Especially if we regain the House.

[ChicagoTeamster]

11. Like Hitler, Trump has to demonstrate rewards for those who loyally crime on his behalf

[GB_RN]

18. Just Until...

Said underling criminals become a liability, or Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent needs a fall guy, “whom [he’s] never met.”

[ChicagoTeamster]

23. I'm going to have to start using that nickname

[70sEraVet]

15. Is he the only furloughed guy in the country getting a paycheck right now?

(kind of)

[DallasNE]

17. Trump Probably Gave Him A New Identity

So he wouldn't appear on a no-fly list, and he is now safe back in Russia. Funny how those things can work.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

25. Are these pardons, or is Trump just breaking people out of jail?

[reACTIONary]

33. He has a medical furlough....

... Raw Story seemed to miss that.

[wolfie001]

28. No bottom to this horrific nightmare slug

C'mon Reaper Man! Go Reaper Man!

[Sneederbunk]

29. Did anyone check?

Is Smironov now a valet for Maxwell?

[red dog 1]

31. "Smirnov's claims to the FBI about Burisma and the Biden's formed the basis for the House Republican impeachment

hearings against the then-president in 2023" (From the OP)

After months of failed attempts to find and locate Smirnov, the local sheriff's department managed to receive a clearer response from the facility.
"They've confirmed that Mr. Smirnov has been furloughed, but no forwarding or new address has been provided," the message read.
(The New Republic, 11/7/2025)

[reACTIONary]

32. He has a medical furlough....

.... “Since Mr. Smirnov’s arrest, he has required crucial eye surgery which was denied to him for an extended period of time, which only exacerbated an already serious condition,” his lawyer David Chesnoff said"

https://www.aol.com/articles/fbi-informant-jailed-biden-bribe-201755579.html

https://nypost.com/2025/11/07/us-news/fbi-informant-jailed-for-biden-bribe-claim-released-on-medical-furlough-lawyer/

I wonder why Raw Story didn't mention that?

[Kid Berwyn]

39. Nobody's perfect.

So what if Smirnov got out for an "eye disease"?

Fucker worked to help MAGA do all it could to destroy Biden's presidency.

New York Post missed that.

[reACTIONary]

40. I don't think he has "gotten out"...

.... at least any more than the minimum required to treat the eye disease. And once that is done, he'll be back in the clink.

I think this is yet more click bait reporting for the sake of inciting outrage driven traffic.

[KPN]

35. You know it. THisis beyond fishy -- it's plain as day.

[ck4829]

37. How convenient

[travelingthrulife]

38. He's been missing from JAIL for months and it is being reported now?