Former Biden FBI Informant Arrested For Alleged False Statements

Justice Department Special Counsel David Weiss announced Thursday that a former FBI informant was charged with “making a false statement … and creating a false and fictitious record” for statements reportedly made about President Joe Biden and his family’s business dealings, changing what were “routine and unextraordinary” contact with executives into “bribery allegations against” Biden.

Alexander Smirnov, 43, was charged and arrested at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas on Thursday.

The indictment alleges Smirnov “provided false and derogatory information to the FBI” about “Public Official 1” and “Businessperson 1,” who multiple outlets have identified as Joe and Hunter Biden, after Biden became a presidential candidate in 2020.