Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant indicted for lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, has been re-arrested in Nevada.
Though prosecutors fought to keep him behind bars, Smirnov was released by Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts in Nevada on Tuesday with several conditions, including GPS monitoring and the surrender of his two passports.
Prosecutors asked the Nevada judge to delay his release, but the judge declined and Smirnov was allowed to walk out.
Now, Smirnov’s defense lawyers say their client was re-arrested Thursday on a new warrant for the exact same charges – this time signed by federal district Judge Otis Wright, who will oversee the criminal case out of California.
Did he hide some crime?
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Huh. Interesting. Still don’t understand what happened, but whatever.
What’s hard to understand? He made false statements to the FBI, giving fake info that his Russian handlers used to hurt Biden. He made those false statements under oath, which is known as perjury, a crime.
Then I think it should have been lying in court instead of lying about Bidens. Who cares about who he lied if he lied in court?
Because this particular lie is the entire basis for the House impeachment inquiry, which is why this is newsworthy in the first place. People get charged with perjury all the time so that’s not news on it’s own.
Ah. Finally I understand what happened. Thanks.
Lying to the FBI is a crime. Period. It doesn’t matter what you lie about. You could tell them you had chicken for dinner when you had shrimp. It’s still a crime.