Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnoff has been charged with making false statements to the FBI regarding President Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. The charges, brought forth by Special Counsel David Weiss, allege that Smirnoff lied about the Bidens' involvement in business dealings with a Ukrainian energy company and fabricated records to support his claims.
According to the indictment, Smirnoff's story was deemed as a 'fabrication' and an assortment of otherwise unremarkable business transactions. The accusations he made to the FBI were centered around Hunter Biden's purported connections to Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, and his alleged attempts to influence his father while he served as vice president. Smirnoff claimed that the company wanted to hire him so that he could facilitate these arrangements and that substantial sums of money would be paid to both Joe and Hunter Biden. However, investigations have revealed that these claims hold no truth.