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Feb 16 2024
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Joe Biden's Impeachment is Unraveling
Republican efforts to impeach President Joe Biden appear to be unraveling following the indictment of a key witness in the investigation led by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer.
Comer is facing strong criticism from Democrats and calls to end the impeachment effort after Special Counsel David Weiss announced charges against 43-year-old Alexander Smirnov on Thursday for
NewsweekFeb 16 2024
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Informant Charged With Allegedly Lying To FBI About Biden’s Role With Ukrainian Gas Company
Special Counsel David Weiss charged a former FBI informant with lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings with Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma.
Weiss — who has charged Hunter Biden with six felonies and six misdemeanors in two seperate criminal investigations — charged Alexander Smirnov with 18 U.S.C. § 1001: false statement, and 18 U.S.C. § 1519
The Daily WireFeb 16 2024
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Ex-FBI Informant Charged with Fabricating Story About the Bidens Receiving Millions from Burisma
Special counsel David Weiss has charged a former FBI informant of lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden receiving millions of dollars from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Alexander Smirnov was arrested Wednesday at a Las Vegas airport. The Bidens’ alleged illegal involvement with Burisma is central to Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into the president.
Democracy Now!Jun 10 2019
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Jack Dorsey, Emily Weiss and 185 other CEOs sign letter calling abortion bans ‘bad for business’
More than 180 CEOs have signed a letter opposing laws and regulations that restrict women’s reproductive healthcare, including abortion.
The letter appears today as a full-page ad in The New York Times under the heading “Don’t Ban Equality,” and comes less than a month after Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed the most restrictive abortion legislation in the U.S., banning doctors from
CNBCFeb 20 2024
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Flu cases surge in the Treasure Valley says Primary Health
Primary Health Medical Group is reporting a surge of Influenza B cases in the Treasure Valley. According to data from multiple Primary Health facilities across the Treasure Valley, the flu is spreading and those infected are experiencing harsher symptoms. “We saw more than 250 cases of influenza in our clinics last week, and the majority of those were influenza B,” explained Ann Weiss, M.D., “
KIVI 6Jan 30 2024
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Hunter Biden unveils defense tactics in Delaware gun case
Hunter Biden is aiming to limit evidence special counsel David Weiss can use in the case against the first son in Delaware related to allegations he illegally purchased a gun in 2018, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Biden’s defense attorneys wrote that they plan to file “expeditiously” a request that Judge Maryellen Noreika prohibit Weiss from using evidence in the case that Weiss
Washington ExaminerFeb 27 2024
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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
National Review (News)Feb 16 2024
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Biden says indictment of FBI informant for lying should stop GOP’s impeachment probe
President Biden said the indictment of an FBI informant for lying about bribes allegedly paid to Mr. Biden and son Hunter Biden should compel Republicans to drop their impeachment probe of him. “He is lying, and it should be dropped,” Mr. Biden said Friday at the White House. “It’s been an outrageous effort from the beginning.” He was referring to Alexander Smirnov, who was charged Thursday by
Washington TimesFeb 16 2024
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Biden Calls For GOP To Drop Impeachment Inquiry After Informant Behind $5 Million Bribery Claim Charged With Lying To Feds
President Joe Biden called on House Republicans to drop their impeachment inquiry into him on Friday after an informant who gave the FBI information about alleged corruption involving the Biden family was charged this week for lying to federal authorities. Special Counsel David Weiss charged Alexander Smirnov with 18 U.S.C. § 1001: false statement, and 18 U.S.C. § 1519: creating a false and
The Daily WireFeb 16 2024
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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.
Forbes