An FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens claimed that "officials associated with Russian intelligence" were involved in passing a story about Hunter Biden, the Justice Department said in a filing on Tuesday.
Alexander Smirnov, a longtime FBI confidential source who was charged last week with fabricating bribery claims against the Bidens that have been hyped by Republicans pushing to impeach President Joe Biden, admitted to extensive ties to Russian intelligence after he was arrested last week, wrote special counsel David Weiss, who previously charged Hunter Biden with gun and tax violations.
