Ex-FBI Informant Charged with Lying about Bidens Taking Bribes from Ukraine
• Alexander Smirnov, an ex-FBI informant, accused of lying about President Biden and his son Hunter receiving bribes from a Ukrainian company • Prosecutors allege Smirnov has high-level contacts with Russian intelligence agencies • Smirnov claimed to have information on Russian intelligence intercepting calls by prominent Americans at a hotel, possibly for use as "kompromat" • Smirnov charged by special counsel with providing false information about the Bidens to the FBI, allegedly motivated by his dislike of Biden • Hunter Biden seeking dismissal of federal tax charges, claiming he's victim of politically motivated prosecution