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Ex-FBI informant gets six years in prison for Russian-linked lies about the Bidens

Prosecutors said Alexander Smirnov's lies about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter attempted "to interfere in a Presidential election.”

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Jan 09, 2025
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Alexander Smirnov in February 2024. (Sketch by Bill Robles via AP files)

A former FBI informant who lied about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison.

Alexander Smirnov, 45, was going to speak before U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II in Los Angeles sentenced him. He changed his mind, howe…

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