{"id":2184389,"date":"2024-02-22T20:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-fbi-informant-re-arrested-under-bizarre-circumstances-his-lawyers-say\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T20:10:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:10:44","slug":"indicted-fbi-informant-re-arrested-under-bizarre-circumstances-his-lawyers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indicted-fbi-informant-re-arrested-under-bizarre-circumstances-his-lawyers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI informant indicted, re-arrested in &#8216;peculiar circumstances,&#8217; claim lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findicted-fbi-informant-re-arrested-under-bizarre-circumstances-his-lawyers-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2184389&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>FBI Informant Accused of Fabricating Bribery Scheme\u200c Involving Joe Biden and \u200cHunter Biden Re-Arrested<\/h2>\n<p>A longtime FBI informant, who was indicted for allegedly fabricating a multi-million dollar bribery scheme\u200d involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden,\u2064 has\u2062 been re-arrested after being released, according to his attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for Alexander Smirnov, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen and\u200d former FBI source, filed an\u2062 emergency motion \u200din Nevada&#8217;s federal court, stating \u2064that their client was arrested for a second \u2062time on the same charges while at their law office for meetings with counsel.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers claimed that the new arrest warrant was issued by the Central District \u2062of California, where federal prosecutors requested a judge to reconsider\u200c the release. They also requested an immediate\u2063 detention hearing to seek his release, pointing out the \u200clack of filings in the docket\u200b in California.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, special counsel David Weiss\u200b announced that a\u200b federal grand jury in California had returned an indictment \u200dcharging\u200b Smirnov with\u200b false \u200cstatement\u200b and obstruction crimes. Smirnov was\u2064 arrested\u200d at \u200bthe international airport in \u200bLas Vegas upon his \u200carrival in the United States from overseas.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against Smirnov stem from\u2064 his claims during the 2020 election cycle that \u200cexecutives from Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian \u200bgas \u200dcompany that employed Hunter Biden, paid $5 million in bribes\u200d to the Bidens when Joe Biden was \u2062vice president.<\/p>\n<p>If\u2064 convicted, Smirnov \u2062could\u200c face up to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Despite arguments by prosecutors,\u200c U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel \u200bAlbregts of\u2063 Nevada allowed Smirnov to be \u2063released from custody on electronic GPS monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Smirnov&#8217;s attorneys highlighted his alleged links to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-china-and-iran-use-private-detectives-to-target-dissidents-in-america\/\" title=\"Report: China and Iran Use Private Detectives To Target Dissidents in America\">foreign intelligence operations<\/a>, particularly \u200bRussia, and warned that he poses a\u200d &#8220;serious&#8221; risk of fleeing with access to over \u200d$6 million in liquid funds. They also mentioned\u2062 his ability to obtain a new Israeli passport after his\u200d U.S. and\u2062 Israeli passports were seized.<\/p>\n<p>In their filing, Smirnov&#8217;s lawyers emphasized that their client has not left Clarke County, Nevada, since his release and stated that his attendance at a legal consultation\u2062 meeting contradicts the\u200c notion that he is a flight risk. They\u200d also highlighted \u200bthe interference with his Sixth Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200dWhy \u200bdid the case against Smirnov fall apart\u200b and \u200bwhat implications did it \u200bhave on the \u200cpolitical landscape?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  California, \u2064where the original\u2063 indictment was filed. \u200dThey argued that\u2062 the re-arrest was a violation of Smirnov&#8217;s rights and \u200can abuse of \u2064process.<\/p>\n<p>Smirnov&#8217;s initial arrest took place in October 2020, when he was accused of concocting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/property-developer-zl-properties-fined-1-million\/\" title=\"Z&#038;L Properties fined M by property developer.\">bribery \u200cscheme \u2062involving<\/a> then-presidential candidate\u200c Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. The scheme allegedly aimed to tarnish the Bidens&#8217; reputation and influence the outcome of the 2020\u200c election. Smirnov&#8217;s arrest garnered \u200bsignificant media attention and fueled political debates surrounding the Bidens.<\/p>\n<p>However, the case\u200b against Smirnov quickly fell apart as inconsistencies and \u2063lack of\u2062 evidence emerged. His attorneys argued that he\u2062 was being used as a pawn in a\u200c political agenda\u2064 to target the \u200cBidens. They claimed that their client was coerced by the FBI into making false statements and fabricating \u2062evidence against the Bidens.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2020, Smirnov \u2063was released\u2063 from \u200bcustody following \u2062a\u2064 court hearing where the prosecution acknowledged the \u200clack \u2063of evidence and dropped the charges against him. The case \u200bseemed to come\u200b to a close, and Smirnov hoped to move on from\u2063 the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>However, his \u200brecent re-arrest has reignited the controversy surrounding the case.\u200c Smirnov&#8217;s attorneys argue that the re-arrest is a clear \u2064attempt to silence and intimidate their client. They\u200c believe that the authorities are\u200d trying to prevent Smirnov from speaking out about his alleged mistreatment and coercion by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cattorneys also\u200c highlighted \u2064the \u2063potential implications of\u2062 this case on the integrity of the \u200cFBI&#8217;s informant program. They argued\u200b that by arresting and re-arresting an informant without proper \u2063grounds, \u200dthe FBI risks \u2064jeopardizing the trust and credibility that is essential\u2063 for an\u2064 effective informant system.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhattan-da-moves-to-restrict-trumps-access-to-some-evidence\/\" title=\"Manhattan DA Moves To Restrict Trump\u2019s Access To Some Evidence\">legal battle continues<\/a>, the case of Alexander\u200d Smirnov raises\u200c important questions about\u2063 the limits of law enforcement \u2063power and \u2063the potential for political agendas to influence criminal investigations. It \u2063also shines\u200b a\u200d spotlight on the role of informants in criminal investigations \u2064and the potential abuses that can \u200boccur within this system.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the outcome,\u2062 the \u200dre-arrest of Smirnov serves as a reminder that\u200c justice should be pursued diligently, with an unwavering commitment to fair and impartial proceedings. Only \u2063by upholding these principles can we\u200c ensure that the \u2064truth prevails and innocent individuals are protected \u2063from unfounded \u200dallegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 43-year-old FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, accused of creating a fake multi-million dollar bribery plot involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, has been re-arrested. Smirnov&#8217;s attorneys stated that he was released by a judge before being apprehended again. Smirnov is a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen and had previously worked as an FBI source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2184390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/05\/GettyImages-1136245690-scaled-e1684425043535.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2184389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/05\/GettyImages-1136245690-scaled-e1684425043535.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2184389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2184389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2184390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2184389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2184389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2184389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}