A judge sentenced former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov to six years in prison on Wednesday for falsely claiming to the FBI in 2020 that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepted millions of dollars in bribes from a Ukrainian oligarch.
Outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray says the bureau must remain independent, above the partisan fray and “committed to upholding the rule of law."
Alexander Smirnov, a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen, pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles federal court to charges of tax evasion and lying to the FBI.
Prosecutors want 6 years in prison for a man whose bogus story about Joe and Hunter Biden accepting bribes became central to Republicans’ impeachment effort.
Alexander Smirnov may not be a household name, but his prison sentence represents a stunning fiasco for some prominent Republicans in Congress.
A federal judge gave the former informant the highest possible sentence under his plea agreement with prosecutors in special counsel David Weiss's office.
No evidence emerged that the allegations against the Bidens were true, but the story was taken up by some Republicans, who made the unverified claims part of their effort to impeach President
The FBI has faced a handful of scandals under the Biden administration, including a New Year's Day terror attack that left more than a dozen people dead and others injured.
Both FBI and President Biden have responded to the terrorist attack in New Orleans on Bourbon Street. Here's what they've said.
Republicans blamed "mistakes" during President Joe Biden's tenure, the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, and illegal immigration for the New Orleans attack.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told podcast host Joe Rogan on Friday that officials in President Joe Biden’s administration would yell and hurl profanities at his company’s employees over content censorship.