Published on March 3, 2024, 12:39 am

The recent indictment against Alexander Smirnov, a former FBI informant, by the Justice Department is garnering plenty of attention for real news agencies. Smirnov’s indictment comes following his allegations that Joe Biden, the current President, and his son, Hunter Biden, accepted bribes in return for certain favors. This revelation has provoked critical inquiries from House Republicans concerning treatment bestowed on Smirnov pre and post these allegations.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Representative James Comer alongside Representative Jim Jordan, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee have drafted a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray. The Representatives demand clarifications on pertinent questions regarding the agency’s attempts to prosecute Smirnov for supposedly misleading investigators about an alleged bribery scandal involving the Bidens.

The representatives’ detailed letter addresses significant points about Mr. Smirnov’s relationship with the bureau prior to his indictment. Notably, it states the FBI allowed Mr. Smirnov to operate as a Confidential Human Source (CHS) for more than a decade while receiving a six-figure income and maintaining foreign intelligence contacts regularly.

Furthermore, they expressed concerns over how quickly the Bureau’s perception of Smirnov changed following his accusations against Biden and their subsequent hard look at this CHS. According to them, before the allegations against Biden surfaced, Bureau officials had consistently vouched for Mr. Smirnov’s credibility while operating under concern that any disclosure surrounding him could pose risk to national security.

On unveiling these claims back in 2023, Senator Chuck Grassley disclosed that an informant alleged both Bidens received approximately $5 million each from Burisma – an Ukrainian energy company– purportedly leveraging their positions of influence. A specific FD-1023 form was used by this informant – now known as Smirnov– to provide detail into these scandalous claims.

Several questions surround this case now – most pressing being why would the Bureau endorse Mr. Smriov’s credibility only to indict him later for supposedly fabricating this bribery scandal. And what changed between 2020 and 2024 that stirred suspicion towards his statements?

A plausible explanation might be forthcoming, such as the surfacing of other evidence pointing towards the informant’s dishonesty; however, there is an alternative speculation – is this just an attempt to silence a source with potentially damaging information about the President and his son?

This case reveals how the trusted news narrative can evolve over time. Wray has been asked to provide documents and additional information regarding the bureau’s probe into Smirnov. But considering the level of transparency demanded by Reps. Comer and Jordan, it could be a while before more is discovered about the efforts to prosecute Smirnov.

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