The recent news that the Department of Justice indicted an FBI informant for lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s foreign business dealings may not be an expected boon for Biden’s reelection campaign.
Alexander Smirnov was charged with two counts of making false statements on Thursday as part of special counsel David Weiss’s investigation. Smirnov alleged in 2020 that officials with Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, paid the Biden pair $5 million each while Biden served as vice president.
He also alleged Hunter Biden was hired to use his father to protect the Burisma officials from “all kinds of problems.”
The news prompted several Democrats to come to Joe Biden’s defense by slamming the Republican-led impeachment inquiry led by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY).
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the ranking member on the
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