Star witness in Biden impeachment inquiry charged with lying to the FBI.

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Informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden's ties to Burisma

The special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation charged a one-time informant with lying about President Biden and his son. Alexander Smirnov is accused of falsely claiming Ukrainian energy firm Burisma paid the Bidens $5 million apiece in 2015 and 2016. Laura Barrón-López breaks down the...

www.pbs.org

"The special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation charged a one-time informant with lying about President Biden and his son"

"So the Justice Department special counsel, David Weiss, has charged Alexander Smirnov with two counts, essentially alleging that he has made false statements to a government agent. That's count one.

Count two, a falsification of records in a federal investigation. And in this indictment, the DOJ is saying that the defendant's story to the FBI — this is in the document itself — that the defendant's story to the FBI was a fabrication, an amalgam of otherwise unremarkable business meetings and contacts that had actually occurred."


Anyone surprised? I am not

But what are the Republicans going to do now? Are they going to continue with the inquiry? Are they really still going to try to impeach Joe Biden?

 

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You beat me to it. Here is another article that makes essentially the same points:

FBI source charged for allegedly providing false info on Bidens, which was cited by Republicans

Special counsel David Weiss has indicted an FBI confidential source who provided derogatory information about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden on felony false statement and obstruction charges. Weiss indicted Alexander Smirnov, 43, on one count of making a false statement and one...

www.yahoo.com

 

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Anyone surprised? I am not

But what are the Republicans going to do now? Are they going to continue with the inquiry? Are they really still going to try to impeach Joe Biden?

What I expect is pundits and MAGAs to blame the deep state in setting this all up. This is all they have to keep their bogus accusations going.

Of course these headlines will not be noticed by MAGAs, as they have their disinformation media to hide it from them.