spies, lies, bribes, and russian disinformation. it sounds like something out of a novel, but it is a very real drama playing out washington right now. a long time fbi informant who provided explosive allegations of a biden bribery scheme, now charged with lying to the fbi and accused of passing off false information that he got from kremlin intelligence officials the claims from x and format alexander smirnoff or a central part of house republicans impeachment inquiry of president biden. but for now, the gop has no plans to pull back on that probe. cnn s kaitlan polantz is tracking all of this. kaitlan. what more have we learned about this case? well, jessica, this is a major case from one of the special counsel working within the justice department. it is case against a man named alexandra smirnoff, who lives in las vegas, an american citizen. but as an fbi informant over many, many years, was putting disinformation into investigative authorities in the us, spec
republicans today questioning president biden s brother the lead starts right now the impeachment inquiry against joe biden appears to be possibly on somewhat cheeky ground after the justice department alleged that the former fbi informant who appeared to have so much dirt on president biden was actually peddling lies and getting his dirt from russian intelligence. cnn has the talking points that republicans are now using after years trying to sell this informant as a trusted source plus the woman with the dual u.s. russian citizenship detained in russia why she was in russia, her ties to a california s spot and the alleged $51 donation that may have led to her arrest and 21 years after the murder of jam master j. jury will finally examine that ambush that killed a member of the pioneer hip hop group run dmc welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our law and justice lead and the major fallout after this former fbi informant at the center of republican e