Can, and if so, how will his "testimony" be used against Hunter Biden?
Man accused of lying to FBI about Hunter Biden claimed he got fake information from Russian intelligence
by Robert Legare
February 21, 2024 / CBS News
Washington — The man accused last week of delivering false allegations to federal investigators about Hunter Biden and President Biden's business dealings told officials after his arrest that individuals "associated with Russian intelligence" were tied to apparent efforts to peddle a story about the first son, federal prosecutors revealed in a court filing Tuesday.
Alexander Smirnov was arrested last week after being charged with two counts that alleged he lied to the FBI. Special counsel David Weiss — the Trump-appointed prosecutor tasked with investigating the president's son — accused Smirnov of providing his FBI handlers with fake allegations about Hunter and Mr. Biden in 2020. He claimed the two Bidens each accepted $5 million from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. The claims "were false, as the Defendant knew," according to the charging documents filed against him.
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The indictment against Smirnov unsealed last week accused him of "expressing a bias" against then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in May 2020 text messages with his FBI handler, expressing a view that Mr. Biden was "going to jail."
The defendant's now-debunked claims in 2020 — including that the Ukrainian energy company Burisma hired Hunter Biden for protection "through his dad" and that Hunter and Mr. Biden were paid millions by the company — were memorialized in an FBI document known as an FD 1023.
That document and the claims within it that federal prosecutors now say are false have been central to congressional Republicans' investigation of Mr. Biden and his son. They have pointed to the document's allegations of bribery as evidence of misdeeds.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-biden-alexander-smirnov-joe-biden-russia/
In a more perfect world, Special Counsel Weiss would know all about this. Just wondering if he does and, more importantly, is interested in justice or just-us for TrumPutin.
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