"FBI Informant Indictment Undermines GOP's Biden Impeachment Case"

House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden are downplaying the significance of an FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, who has been charged with fabricating foreign bribery allegations involving the president and his son. The informant's discredited claims were previously championed by Republicans as central to their investigation, but the recent charges undermine their narrative. Despite mounting setbacks and doubts within their own party, Republicans continue to push forward with the inquiry, citing a mountain of evidence and upcoming depositions as key next steps. President Biden has called for an end to the impeachment inquiry, while Democrats are urging Republicans to stop promoting the discredited allegations.