FBI informant central to Biden family investigation indicted over false statements

Published February 15, 2024 6:30pm ET



An FBI informant has been charged with two counts of making false statements to federal authorities about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s business with a Ukrainian energy company.

A grand jury in the Central District of California indicted Alexander Smirnov, 43, as part of special counsel David Weiss’s investigation, with Weiss separately having investigated Hunter Biden for firearm and tax violations.

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