Ex-FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about Hunter Biden and his father
SalonAlexander Smirnov, the California man charged with lying to the FBI about fabricated criminal allegations against President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, has agreed to plead guilty, according to a Thursday filing with the court. Hunter Biden sat on Burisma's board of directors from 2014 to 2018, which President-elect Donald Trump and right-wing outlets frequently used as evidence of impropriety throughout the 2020 election in an attempt to smear the president. Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill launched investigations into the Bidens over this association, using Smirnov's fake allegations as a central piece of evidence. Prosecutors from Weiss' office say that Smirnov will plead guilty to one count of creating a false federal record and three tax-related counts that he was charged with last months.