Alexander Smirnov, an ex-informant who was arrested last week on charges of lying to the FBI, was arrested again on Thursday for the same charges.
Smirnov, according to a court filing, was in a meeting with his attorneys in Las Vegas at the time of the second arrest. The arrest warrant issued on Thursday listed the same two charges for which he was indicted and arrested last week.
A judge had ordered on Tuesday that Smirnov be released from custody on his own recognizance, but the Department of Justice objected to the judge’s decision and filed an emergency request for the judge to reconsider Smirnov’s release.
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The judge had not yet responded to the DOJ’s request, according to the
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