Ex-FBI Source Accused Of Lying About Bidens And Having Russian Contacts Is Returned To US Custody
February 22, 2024 4:24PM PST
FILE – Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Dec. 13, 2023. An FBI informant has been charged with lying to his handler about ties between Joe Biden and son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company. Prosecutors said Thursday that Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 and 2016.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana. File)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Defense lawyers say a former FBI informant who claims to have links to Russian intelligence and is charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family has been taken back into the custody of U.S. Marshals.
Alexander Smirnov had been released with a GPS monitor ahead of trial.
He was arrested during a meeting Thursday morning at his lawyers’ law offices in downtown Las Vegas.
The arrest came after prosecutors asked a judge in California, where the case originally was filed, to reconsider Smirnov’s custody status while he awaits trial.
He is charged with making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record.
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