{"id":2690239,"date":"2026-10-23T13:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-former-top-fbi-officials-arrested-in-connection-with-hunter-biden-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T13:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:54:59","slug":"two-former-top-fbi-officials-arrested-in-connection-with-hunter-biden-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-former-top-fbi-officials-arrested-in-connection-with-hunter-biden-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Former Top FBI Officials Arrested in Connection with Hunter Biden Investigation"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftwo-former-top-fbi-officials-arrested-in-connection-with-hunter-biden-investigation%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=2690239&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 class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a statement Friday that was light on details but heavy on implications, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that two former senior FBI officials had been arrested for allegedly lying to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The officials were identified as Nikki Cole Floris, who was a deputy assistant director and leader of the FBI\u2019s now-defunct Foreign Influence Task Force, and Bradley Benavides, who served for a time as section chief for the task force.<\/p>\n<p>And their lies allegedly centered on the FBI\u2019s handling of former first son Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two former senior FBI officials, Nikki Cole Floris and Bradley Benavides, were taken into custody today on charges of allegedly lying to Congress about their involvement in the FBI\u2019s investigations into Hunter Biden. The charges stem from an ongoing investigation into the since-dissolved FBI Foreign Influence Task Force. Floris led the FITF as a Deputy Assistant Director from mid-2019 through mid-2022. Benavides was the FITF Section Chief from mid-2019 through the 2020 election. Both testified that the FITF was not involved in the Hunter Biden investigations. Documentary evidence, contemporaneous communications, and witness accounts contradict their testimony. Floris is also on record privately claiming to be \u201crunning a shadow government\u201d during the 2020 election in her role on the FITF. Lying to Congress by senior FBI officials strikes at the heart of our system. No one is above the law. The FBI has already dismantled the corrupt CR-15 squad that engaged in political weaponization targeting their opponents, including President Trump. Thanks to @TheJusticeDept @FBIKansasCity and @USAttyPirro. -DKP\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/2113639663118221696?\">October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth testified that the FITF was not involved in the Hunter Biden investigations,\u201d Patel wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDocumentary evidence, contemporaneous communications, and witness accounts contradict their testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both officials surrendered themselves on Friday morning, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-laptop-fbi-official-charged-e41b7407f97c6dfc7c017875054c0c67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>. They also had their first appearance in federal court.<\/p>\n<p>Patel\u2019s post did not describe the pair\u2019s alleged crimes, but the now-dissolved Foreign Influence Task Force has been the subject of numerous revelations since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>In August, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-secretly-branded-biden-corruption-critics-russian-mouthpieces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declassified documents reportedly showed<\/a> the task force had worked to protect the Biden family from allegations about involvement in corruption in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden famously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/burisma-bombshell-just-released-letters-show-exactly-hunter-biden-used-white-house-connections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enjoyed a lucrative position<\/a> on the board of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/imo\/media\/doc\/HSGAC_Finance_Report_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">between 2014 and 2019<\/a>, despite having no background in the energy business or even the ability to speak Ukrainian.<\/p>\n<p>Patel noted that documents have shown Floris bragging ahead of the 2020 election that she was \u201crunning a shadow government\u201d within the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, the FBI had been in possession of Hunter Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/whistleblower-drops-bombshell-fbi-knew-hunter-bidens-laptop-real-deal-months-made-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notorious laptop<\/a> computer for almost a year \u2014 a month before its leak to the New York Post made it a political bombshell.<\/p>\n<p>Patel\u2019s post, without disclosing particulars about any criminal case, clearly sought to emphasize how serious he considered the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLying to Congress by senior FBI officials strikes at the heart of our system. No one is above the law,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He then tied the case to the FBI\u2019s Washington Field Office CR-15 unit, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-new-evidence-shows-biden-fbi-set-trap-close-trump-moment-leaves-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was revealed in May<\/a> to have been preparing to pursue action against President Donald Trump after he leaves office and is a private citizen again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI has already dismantled the corrupt CR-15 squad that engaged in political weaponization targeting their opponents, including President Trump,\u201d Patel wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Patel\u2019s post drew applause on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">@FBIDirectorKash This is exactly what I voted for. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 I\u2019m that suburban mom Trump voter (@GinaBritton14) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GinaBritton14\/status\/2113641073511682135?\">October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great news. It\u2019s about time. Niki Floris was \u201crunning a shadow government \u201c by her own admission.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles Grazioli (@GrazioliCh15497) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GrazioliCh15497\/status\/2113642262550950198?\">October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lots to go\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ytO0Phky0\">pic.twitter.com\/5ytO0Phky0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JamesFox (@SoCalSkydiver71) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SoCalSkydiver71\/status\/2113641774522704327?\">October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Floris\u2019 attorneys implied the charges are politically motivated, since they are coming before the November midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNikki Floris is a patriot. She served our nation as a dedicated FBI intelligence officer for nearly 20 years,\u201d the statement said, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet today, the DOJ has accused her falsely of a crime on the say-so of politicians, not on the facts. 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