Alexander Smirnov falsely claimed to his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Biden and his son $5 million each around 2015.
Prosecutors are seeking a six-year prison term after Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty to tax evasion and lying to the FBI. The allegations, proven false, claimed the Bidens each received $5 million from executives at Ukrainian energy company Burisma in exchange for political favors.
The former FBI informant who fabricated claims about President Biden and his son Hunter Biden accepting bribes was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison, according to court documents.
Jose Eduardo Rojo-Rivera, 37, faces a murder charge and a Friday arraignment in Sacramento Superior Court nearly two decades after the gunshot that killed Gerardo Javier Jimenez-Aguilar, 21, in the driveway of Jimenez’s St. Joseph’s Drive home on June 24, 2006.
Alexander Smirnov, 44, most recently a resident of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty last month to federal charges of creating a false record in a federal investigation and three counts of tax evasion for
A Family Assistance Center supporting the victims of the New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street has relocated to the New Orleans Family Justice Center, according to United Way of Southeast Louisiana.
A Californian court sentenced former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who falsely accused the Biden family of taking a bribe from a Ukrainian business, to six years in prison, CNN reported on Jan. 8.
President-elect Donald Trump has stated that he intends to nominate Kash Patel, the right-wing commentator and former intelligence official, to be the next director of the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI). If confirmed, Patel will lead the nation’s chief criminal investigation agency, as well as its substantial surveillance apparatus.
Former President Trump repeated during a press conference Tuesday that the "only person killed" during th 6, 2021, Capitol riot was "a beautiful young lady by the name of Ashli Babbit." REPORTER: More than 140 police officers were injured by rioters on January 6th.
A man was sentenced to 254 months in federal prison following the sexual exploitation of at least six minors, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia said.
Authorities said Thursday that they captured a man wanted in the killing of a Wisconsin woman and two girls. The Juneau County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that the suspect was arrested Thursday.