A federal judge in California issued a warrant for the rearrest of former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov after federal prosecutors convinced the judge that the man at the center of House Republicans' ongoing impeachment inquiry was "likely" planning to flee the United States.
Alexander Smirnov, who was charged last week with making up false bribery claims central to the effort by Republicans in Congress to impeach President Biden, was rearrested Thursday in Las Vegas.
Republicans intent on grilling President Biden’s brother Wednesday were thrown onto defense over the indictment just days earlier of the FBI informant whose allegations against the president were central to the GOP impeachment inquiry. In more than eight hours behind closed doors, GOP lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee pressed James Biden on the details…
Republicans are seeking to preserve the credibility of their inquiries into the Biden family after a huge setback. On Tuesday, a court filing revealed that a former FBI informant behind a discredited claim that President Biden and his son Hunter Biden received bribes is allegedly linked to Russian intelligence. Democrats, including House Oversight Committee ranking…