FBI Informant Charged With Lying About Biden Family Business Dealings.

February 16, 2024 Glen Turpening

A former FBI informant was charged with lying about former President Biden’s business dealings in a blow to House GOP efforts to impeach the President. (Washington Post)

Special counsel David Weiss — who has previously filed criminal charges against President Biden’s son Hunter — announced new charges Thursday against a former FBI informant who officials say lied about the Bidens’ business dealings. Sign up for Fact Checker, our weekly review of what's true, false or in-between in politics. The indictment returned by a grand jury in Los Angeles accuses Alexander Smirnov of making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record. The charges amount to a stark rebuke of conservatives, particularly Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, who touted Smirnov’s claims as he and other Republican lawmakers tried to build a corruption case against the president and his family.

By Devlin Barrett and Jacqueline Alemany, 'Washington Post'

The nation’s polarized politics leaves little room for error and the latest development in the GOP’s effort to impeach the President could stop everything in its tracks. The FBI informant was allegedly less than truthful when pointing the finger at the President. This is now a dilemma that will unfold on Capital Hill, with former President Trump’s son deep diving into the conspiracy world and labeling this a ‘Deep State’ hoax.