Skip to main content

Key Biden impeachment witness charged with lying to FBI

Criminal Justice,Burisma,Biden Family,Corruption,FBI,Justice

New York Daily News
From the Left
New York Daily News
Left rating
AllSides Media Bias Rating: Left
See full bias rating for New York Daily News Learn about media bias

A former FBI informant and Biden impeachment inquiry witness has been charged with lying about the president and his son Hunter Biden’s involvement in business dealings with Ukrainian energy company Burisma.

The ex-informant, Alexander Smirnov, has also been charged with creating false records.

If convicted, he could face up to 25 years in prison.

Smirnov, 43, was arrested Thursday at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.

Read Full Story

AllSides Picks

Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

Headline Roundup

Andrew and Tristan Tate Arrested in Miami as UK Brings New Charges

July 19th, 2026
Tracking Trump’s Campaign Promises

News

Tracking Trump’s Campaign Promises

AllSides Staff

July 6th, 2026
Card image

Red Blue Translator

Drug Legalization
Card image

Red Blue Translator

Capital Punishment/Death Penalty

More News about Criminal Justice

News from the Left

News from the Center

News from the Right

Trial of Shiloh Hendrix, Minn. Woman Accused of Hurling Racial Slur at 8-Year-Old Boy, Begins

People

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
Model scout for Jeffrey Epstein found dead at his home near Paris

The Guardian

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Left
Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami on UK charges of rape and sex trafficking

The Guardian

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Left
Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft, says scheme was 'at every level'

CNBC

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
Erika Kirk faces Charlie's alleged killer and conspiracists as preliminary hearing begins

MS NOW

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Left
Death by firing squad: archaic method on the rise in US as Idaho opens new execution chamber

The Guardian

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Left
Self-exiled Chinese billionaire gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction

Politico

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
74-year-old man becomes oldest inmate executed in modern Florida history

Associated Press

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
Eric Adams confidant Frank Carone indicted in $120,000 bribery scheme

Politico

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left
Campaigner threatened with prosecution by Environment Agency after waterway cleanup

The Guardian

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Left
Nolan Wells cause of death undetermined after private autopsy

NewsNation

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Andrew Tate and brother arrested in US after more charges laid against them in UK

BBC News

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Ohio 'house of horrors': Is mom Elizabeth Siders a monster or victim?

NewsNation

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
UK police rearrest the suspect in Ann Widdecombe killing on terrorism suspicion

Associations Now

Political News Media Bias Rating: Not Rated
Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of trade secrets

The Hill

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Suspect ate Chick-fil-A and interacted with Charlie Kirk staff before shooting, court hears

BBC News

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Florida executes 74-year-old Dusty Ray Spencer for wife's murder

United Press International

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Nancy Guthrie suspect may be angling to avoid death penalty, ex-FBI agent says

NewsNation

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Mackenzie Shirilla's appeal declined by Ohio Supreme Court

NewsNation

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
US Justice Department says it moved to strip citizenship from 17 naturalized people

Reuters

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Center
Minnesota prosecutors needed two court interpreters to try and prove an American woman is guilty of calling Somalis a mean word

Not The Bee

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right
Andrew, Tristan Tate arrested in Miami as UK seeks extradition on expanded rape, trafficking charges

Fox News Digital

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Right
'Highly unusual': Expect another long wait in the Charlie Kirk murder case

Washington Times

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right
Apple sues OpenAI for trade theft, sending shock waves through Silicon Valley

New York Post (News)

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Right
Federal crime task force sent to Memphis tops 10,000 arrests

Washington Examiner

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right
Florida executes 74-year-old for wife's murder, becoming oldest inmate put to death in state's modern history

Fox News Digital

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Right
NC tax preparers plead guilty in $25M pandemic-relief fraud scheme

Just The News

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right
Budapest Files Police Report after Pride Flags Thrown into Danube

Hungarian Conservative

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right
Suspect Allegedly Strikes ICE Agent With Car While Fleeing Arrest

The Daily Caller

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Right
DOJ moves to strip fraudsters, sex offenders, and drug dealers of US citizenship in 'unprecedented' denaturalization surge

Washington Examiner

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Right