Posted 2/26/2024, 5:58:36 PM
Ex-FBI Informant Detained for Peddling Election Lies About Bidens After Meeting Russian Intelligence
- Ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov ordered detained until trial after providing false claims about Bidens to FBI
- Smirnov had worked as confidential FBI source since 2010
- Prosecutors Smirnov peddling new election lies after recent meeting with Russian intelligence
- Smirnov claimed Burisma paid Bidens $5M each, would take 10 years to locate payments
- House GOP had pointed to Smirnov's unsubstantiated Biden claims as part of impeachment inquiry, but downplaying since indictment