{"id":2388045,"date":"2025-01-08T18:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-fbi-informant-gets-six-year-prison-sentence-for-lying-about-biden-family-bribes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T18:02:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:02:40","slug":"ex-fbi-informant-gets-six-year-prison-sentence-for-lying-about-biden-family-bribes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-fbi-informant-gets-six-year-prison-sentence-for-lying-about-biden-family-bribes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-FBI informant gets six-year prison sentence for lying about Biden family bribes &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fex-fbi-informant-gets-six-year-prison-sentence-for-lying-about-biden-family-bribes-washington-examiner%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=2388045&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--><p>A former FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, has been sentenced to \u2064six years in prison for lying to the FBI about alleged\u200c bribes involving President Joe Biden\u2064 and his son Hunter. Smirnov falsely claimed \u2064that the Bidens accepted millions from a Ukrainian \u200doligarch \u200bduring\u200d a 2020 investigation. he pleaded guilty to thes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">false statements<\/a> and also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">tax evasion related<\/a> to over $2 million in unreported income earned \u2064between 2020 and 2022.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ex-FBI informant gets six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">-year prison sentence<\/a> for lying about Biden family bribes<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1567041\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A judge sentenced former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI<\/a>&nbsp;informant Alexander Smirnov to six years in prison on Wednesday for falsely claiming to the FBI in 2020 that President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>&nbsp;and his son Hunter accepted millions of dollars in bribes from a Ukrainian oligarch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Smirnov had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3258739\/ex-fbi-informant-to-plead-guilty-to-lying-that-bidens-accepted-bribes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pleaded guilty<\/a>&nbsp;last month to making the false statements about the Bidens and to evading taxes on more than $2 million in unreported income from 2020 to 2022. For the tax charge, the judge also ordered him to pay $675,000 in restitution.<\/p>\n<p>Smirnov&rsquo;s attorneys had asked for no more than four years behind bars, saying in a sentencing memorandum that their client, a dual Israeli and U.S. citizen, had led a &ldquo;remarkable life,&rdquo; having worked for the Israeli military and as an FBI source. They also said he had severe glaucoma that his doctor said would worsen with a lengthier prison stay.<\/p>\n<p>In court on Wednesday, Smirnov&rsquo;s attorney David Chesnoff invoked the sweeping pardon Joe Biden granted to Hunter Biden, who pleaded guilty to tax charges last year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president&rsquo;s son got away with it,&rdquo; Chesnoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/fbi-informant-who-planted-misinformation-about-joe-and-hunter-biden-gets-6-years-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, according to&nbsp;<em>Courthouse News Service<\/em>. &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t seem fair to the public at large that one guy gets away and the other guy is left holding the bag.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Special counsel David Weiss, who led Smirnov&rsquo;s prosecution, had asked for a sentence of six years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Defendant is a liar and a tax cheat,&rdquo; prosecutors wrote. &ldquo;In committing his crimes he betrayed the United States, a country that showed him nothing but generosity, including conferring on him the greatest honor it can bestow, citizenship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Weiss brought charges against Smirnov last February while the special counsel was also leading two prosecutions against Hunter Biden. Smirnov&rsquo;s indictment, at the time, served as a blow to House Republicans, who used Smirnov&rsquo;s claims about the Bidens to justify their impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Smirnov, who had been a paid informant since 2010, had reported to the FBI in June 2020 that Mykola Zlochevsky, the founder of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, paid Joe and Hunter Biden each $5 million while Joe Biden was vice president. The payments, Smirnov falsely claimed, were made in exchange for Joe Biden to use his political power to fire a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating Burisma while Hunter Biden was a board member of the company.<\/p>\n<p>Smirnov later admitted to lying about the claims, which he made on an FBI form known as an FD-1023 in 2020 while Joe Biden was running for president. In his plea agreement, Smirnov said he had been in contact with Russian intelligence officials. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors characterized the fabrication as a brazen attempt on Smirnov&rsquo;s part to influence the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smirnov&rsquo;s sentencing marks an end to a prosecution that drew national attention after congressional Republicans elevated his damning claims about the Bidens in television interviews and other media.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) made a redacted version of the FD-1023 public in 2023, and House Oversight Committee Chairman&nbsp;James Comer&nbsp;(R-KY) called Smirnov, whose identity was not known at the time, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-fbi-informant-to-plead-guilty-to-lying-that-bidens-accepted-bribes-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ex-FBI informant to plead guilty to lying that Bidens accepted bribes - Washington Examiner\">highly credible&#038;rdquo<\/a>; as Comer led the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1567041\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1567041\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-FBI informant sentenced to six years for lying about Bidens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2388046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24052107467223-1024x735.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33069,5591,22553],"class_list":["post-2388045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-family","tag-fbi","tag-informant"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24052107467223-1024x735.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388045","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388049,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388045\/revisions\/2388049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}