Biden says indictment of FBI informant for lying should stop GOP's impeachment probe - Washington Times
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President Biden said the indictment of an FBI informant accused of lying about bribes allegedly paid to Mr. Biden and son Hunter Biden should compel Republicans to drop their impeachment investigation of him.
“He is lying, and it should be dropped,” Mr. Biden said Friday at the White House. “It’s been an outrageous effort from the beginning.”
He was referring to Alexander Smirnov, who was charged Thursday by special counsel David C. Weiss with two counts of lying to the FBI.
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Mr. Smirnov, 43, a longtime confidential source for the FBI, “provided false and derogatory information” to the bureau, according to the prosecutor.
Mr. Smirnov asserted that executives of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma told him in 2015 and 2016 that they paid Hunter Biden and his father $5 million each to protect the company from “all kinds of problems” and help shake off a corruption inquiry by Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
Through email evidence, travel records and witness testimony, the indictment described how Mr. Smirnov couldn’t have met with Burisma representatives when he claimed he did, undermining his bribery allegation against the president and his son.
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Smirnov was a good informant (stool pigeon) until 'perhaps' he wasn’t.
Will the other FBI cases Smirnov worked on be thrown-out now as tainted?
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Moral: Don’t bite the hand that feeds you!
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds (youtube.com)
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Smirnov was a good informant (stool pigeon) until 'perhaps' he wasn’t.
Will the other FBI cases Smirnov worked on be thrown-out now as tainted?
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Moral: Don’t bite the hand that feeds you!
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds (youtube.com)
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