A former FBI informant is charged with lying to officials about the Biden family's business dealings in Ukraine. Alexander ...

Alexander Smirnov may not be a household name, but his prison sentence represents a stunning fiasco for some prominent Republicans in Congress. By Steve Benen The just-completed 118th Congress was ...

The indictment of an FBI informant for fabricating a bribery allegation against Joe Biden has blown a hole in the impeachment case against the president.

Last month, Smirnov pleaded guilty to four felony charges ... With Donald Trump set to be sworn in as president in less than two weeks, Republicans could attempt to pretend that this entire ...

Special counsel David Weiss revealed in a court filing last week that former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov ... him a flight risk. House Republicans had made Smirnov's bribery story a pillar ...

A former FBI informant pleaded guilty Monday to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving Joe Biden and his son Hunter that became central to congressional Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into the ...

Congressional Republicans used the unverified claims ... Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, left, walks out of his lawyer's office in downtown Las Vegas after being released from federal ...

Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty last month in Los ... a Democrat who defeated Republican then-President Donald Trump in 2020. The Biden administration dismissed the House impeachment effort ...

Alexander Smirnov is expected to make the plea in ... his claims played a major part in the Republican effort in Congress to investigate the president and his family, and helped spark a House ...

Alexander Smirnov entered his plea to a felony charge ... his claims played a major part in the Republican effort in Congress to investigate the president and his family, and helped spark a ...