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Alexander Smirnov entered his plea to a felony charge ... has served since his February arrest on charges that he told his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma ...

A former FBI informant who invented a story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter taking bribes — a claim that played a pivotal role in the Republican-led impeachment inquiry — was sentenced ...

Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant charged with lying about Hunter Biden’s overseas business deals, pleaded guilty ...

NEW YORK, December 13. /TASS/. Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov has agreed to plead guilty to four charges, including obstruction of justice and tax evasion. Smirnov, who was arrested in ...

A former FBI informant accused of fabricating bribery claims about President Biden and his son has “extensive” contacts with Russian intelligence agencies, federal prosecutors said in a court filing ...

and came from an ex-FBI informant who said he was in touch with Russian intelligence. The informant, Alexander Smirnov, is “actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections ...

The ex-prosecutor says he will also "rebuild trust" in the FBI, which he has previously ... say investigators. Alexander Smirnov will likely spend four to six years in prison for making up a ...