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FBI informant who lied about Biden 'bribes' pleads guilty (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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His claims became the basis of an impeachment investigation in Congress which centred around the false claims that the Bidens made millions in bribes from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company.

But Smirnov admitted he made the story up, and pleaded guilty in Los Angeles on Monday as part of an agreement with prosecutors.

Smirnov, a dual US-Israeli citizen, had been an FBI informant for more than a decade when he made the allegations about the Bidens in June 2020, saying that Joe and Hunter Biden each received $5m from the energy company.

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[–] Jaymang@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago

Surprised? Not at all.. Republicans are basically a criminal enterprise masking as a political party at this point. They will lie, cheat, steal and murder their way to power any way they can.

[–] Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Faux News has been following this case closely. I'm sure they will update all their viewers they have riled them into a frenzy over another lie.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Just in about the.... BiDEn CriMe fAmiLY

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They'll probably tell them that the dude was set up and it was the deep state. I feel so bad for people who have to watch fox news for their jobs. Yikes.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

And somehow it also means Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Smirnov...