Prosecutors are seeking a six-year prison sentence for a former FBI informant who pleaded guilty to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about a fabricated bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The informant, a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen, falsely claimed that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma had paid the Bidens $5 million each in 2015.
Investigators later discovered that the informant's claims were baseless, as his interactions with Burisma only began in 2017, after Joe Biden's term as vice president. The false allegations resurfaced during the House impeachment inquiry into President Biden, sparking controversy and accusations of political bias.
