Special Counsel in Hunter Biden Case Indicts Key Informant for Lying When He Told FBI the Bidens Took Bribes From Ukraine

‘Biden going to jail,’ confidential informant Alexander Smirnov wrote to his FBI handler, in a message followed by a number of smiley face emojis.

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Hunter Biden and his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, right, depart a House Oversight Committee meeting on January 10, 2024, at Washington. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

The FBI “confidential human source” who in 2020 and 2023 alleged that President Biden and Hunter Biden each received a $5 million bribe from executives at a Ukrainian energy company has been indicted by Special Counsel David Weiss — the same man currently prosecuting the first son. 

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