Informant's Ukraine Bribery Claims Against Biden Family Questioned After Prosecutorial Missteps Come to Light
• Informant Alexander Smirnov claimed Biden family took $10M in bribes from Ukraine, but was charged with lying and fabricating the story
• Prosecutors allege Smirnov has high-level Russian intelligence contacts and planned to flee the US
• Hunter Biden's lawyers suggest Smirnov's claims contributed to collapse of his plea deal with DOJ
• However, timeline shows plea deal fell apart before Smirnov claims were deemed credible
• In embarrassing gaffe, prosecutors mistook sawdust for cocaine in photo from Hunter Biden's phone