"House Republicans Demand Answers on Ex-FBI Informant's Role in Biden Impeachment Case"
TL;DR
Alexander Smirnov, a key Republican informant, has been charged with lying to the FBI about bribery and espionage involving Joe Biden and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Smirnov's murky past includes involvement in fraudulent business schemes and shell companies. Despite the FBI cautioning that information from confidential sources is unverified, Republicans relied on Smirnov's unverified information in their investigation of Biden, raising doubts about the FBI's credibility.
- How clean is the dirt on Hunter Biden? A key Republican source is charged with lying to the FBI The Associated Press
- Alexander Smirnov: What we know about the ex–FBI informant at the heart of the Biden impeachment case. Slate
- Comer, Jordan push FBI for info on now-indicted informant behind bogus Biden bribery claim POLITICO
- House Republicans demand info from FBI about Alexander Smirnov, informant charged with lying about Bidens CBS News
- Ex-FBI informant Smirnov will remain in jail while he awaits trial, judge rules CNN
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