Earlier today, special counsel David Weiss charged a former FBI informant, Alexander Smirnoff, with lying about President Biden and his son Hunter Biden's alleged ties to a Ukrainian energy company. This development deals a significant blow to Congressional Republicans' push to impeach President Biden, as these discredited claims by Smirnoff have been a key component of their impeachment inquiry for nearly a year.
According to Weiss, Smirnoff fabricated a story claiming that the Bidens had received millions of dollars in bribes from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, with Hunter Biden serving on its board during his father's tenure as Vice President. Smirnoff relayed this false information to the FBI in the summer of 2020, seemingly providing corroboration for the Republicans' claims that the Bidens were involved in corruption and leveraging their influence in Ukraine for personal gain.
