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2024-02-16 Home Front: Politix

Former FBI informant CHARGED with lying about Hunter and Joe Biden getting $5 million bribes from Burisma and faces 25 YEARS in prison

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Special counsel David Weiss charged Alexander Smirnov with lying about Biden after he became a presidential candidate

Smirnov was arrested at the airport in Las Vegas on Thursday

The charges undercut the Republican claims of Biden benefitting financially from his son's business dealings in Ukraine

The indictment alleges Smirnov transformed his routine business contacts with Burisma in 2017 and later into bribery allegations against Biden after expressing bias against Biden and his presidential candidacy.

When Smirnov was interviewed by the FBI in September 2023, the indictment alleges he repeated some of his false claims, changed his story with other claims, and 'promoted a new false narrative after he said he met with Russian officials.'

House Republicans had seized on the FBI document alleging the $5 million bribe as part of their investigation into the president. The indictment undermines that key component in their case.

Following the indictment, House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin, D-MD, called on House Republicans to end their impeachment inquiry.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-02-16 01:15|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 The basis for this case is probably based on something silly like the truth is the Biden’s got $6 million each.

Posted by Airandee 2024-02-16 07:11|| 2024-02-16 07:11|| Front Page Top

#2 ^^ Or the day remembered as a Thursday and was actually a Wednesday.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-02-16 08:51|| 2024-02-16 08:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Or, nobody has "standing."

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-16 09:58|| 2024-02-16 09:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Getting to close?
Smirnov needs to take one for the team.

Wait! "Smirnov". Is that Russian?

Posted by Skidmark 2024-02-16 11:07|| 2024-02-16 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 And yet he'll get 3 months probation.

Posted by Silentbrick 2024-02-16 12:15|| 2024-02-16 12:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Apparently the DoJ is saying Smimov claimed he saw the Biden bribes at one date then later claimed it was a different date, making one statement or the other a lie... and thus discrediting his testimony on the bribes themselves.

Posted by Glenmore 2024-02-16 12:33|| 2024-02-16 12:33|| Front Page Top

#7 The best part of DOJ prosecutions is that the folks on the case may end up being roommates with whomever they send up the river.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-02-16 15:57|| 2024-02-16 15:57|| Front Page Top

#8 the US gov't is sick and should be discarded.

Posted by irish rage boy 2024-02-16 17:45|| 2024-02-16 17:45|| Front Page Top

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