The Guardian reports:
Back in 2020, Alexander Smirnov was paid $600,000 by a company called Educational Transformation Technologies (ETT), prosecutors said. That same year, Smirnov began lying to the FBI about the Bidens, according to his indictment. ETT Investment Holding Limited was registered in the UK on 6 March 2020.
Shah Khan, an investor who purchased the Plaza Hotel in 2018 has ties to Donald Trump through Trump associates and Damac, a major Middle East developer that has partnered with Trump for a decade.
Former Damac chairman Hussain Sajwani is also close to Trump and has been described as his friend in multiple news reports. Trump has called the billionaire a “friend” and a “great man”, and his family “the most beautiful people”.
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#BREAKING This is ALWAYS how it was going to go down. Donald Trump is connected to the indicted Russian agent who lied about Joe and Hunter Biden. See @guardian story ⬇️ https://t.co/maY44XH50s
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) March 14, 2024
US firm that paid indicted FBI informant Alexander Smirnov tied to Trump associates, records reveal https://t.co/smq1r0BX7M
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) March 14, 2024