Comer’s Lying Informant Loses Bid To Stay Out Of Jail

Courthouse News reports:

The FBI informant indicted on charges of giving the bureau false information about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter which was subsequently used by Republican lawmakers and pundits to try to discredit the administration lost his bid to stay out of jail.

U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II, at a hearing Monday morning in downtown Los Angeles, remanded Alexander Smirnov to jail to await his trial.

The Justice Department maintains that Smirnov is a flight risk because of extensive and recent contacts with foreign intelligence services and especially with Russian officials. He also failed, prosecutors said, to disclose when he was interviewed by pretrial services in Las Vegas that he had access to about $6 million in liquid funds.

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A former FBI informant pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he lied to the FBI when he claimed to know that Joe Biden and his son Hunter took bribes. The judge overseeing his case ordered him to remain in jail out of concern he might flee the country.https://t.co/ZNaM7MUlzy

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It’s a tale as old as time. A government official takes action. That action benefits his family. And then, when questions are asked, there’s a cover-up. For President Joe Biden, it’s a story about money, influence, and protecting the Biden family brand.

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