Ex-FBI Informant Smirnov, Indicted over Biden Bribery Allegations, to Sit in Jail While Awaiting Trial

A federal judge ordered jail time Monday for the ex-FBI informant indicted for allegedly making false statements accusing Joe and Hunter Biden of taking bribes.

U.S. District Judge Otis Wright ruled that Alexander Smirnov, a former FBI confidential human source, is to be held in jail while awaiting trial on charges stemming from allegations he made to the FBI that Joe and Hunter Biden took $10 million worth of bribes from Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, the founder of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings.

“I have not changed my mind,” Wright said, according to CNN. “The defendant will be remanded pending trial.”

Special counsel David Weiss and his team of prosecutors appealed to Wright last week after a magistrate judge in Nevada permitted Smirnov to remain free on personal recognizance until his trial. Federal authorities first detained Smirnov in Las Vegas upon his indictment by a federal grand jury in California. Smirnov was arrested a second time during a meeting with his attorneys and brought back to California after an order from Wright on Friday.