The internet is in an uproar over the revelations that a top GOP witness lied under oath.
A vital informant of the FBI's investigations into Joe Biden's son Hunter is being charged by a grand jury with lying under oath in the investigation. It doesn't bode well for the ongoing attacks on the Bidens from Republicans.
Alexander Smirnov, who was identified as a confidential human source in the investigation, was arrested in Las Vegas, a Justice Department statement said on Thursday. He had alleged that executives at the Ukrainian company Burisma claimed they only hired Hunter Biden to "protect us, through his dad, from all kinds of problems," while Biden was vice president.
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The release said that Smirnov was changing his stories after the fact.
The internet rushed to point out the findings and how it will impact the Republican attempts to bring down Biden through impeachment.
"This person was just indicted for making false statements. Any comment?" asked national security attorney Bradley Moss.
"I am confident - I am CERTAIN - that we will hear a measured, objective and humble commentary from @seanhannity tonight responding to this indictment. Positive. No doubts," Moss continued, his post dripping with sarcasm.
Media Matters fellow Matthew Gertz also pointed out that Fox reported the lies.
"Sean Hannity's Fox News show ran with this informant's claims in at least 85 separate segments last year, including 28 monologues," he said. "He said they proved Joe Biden engaged in 'public corruption on a scale this country has never seen before.'"
Dr. Mary Trump, Ph.D., the niece of former President Donald Trump asked, "Can someone check on [Rep. James] Comer (R-KY) to see if he's ok?"
Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson agreed the House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman would be the one hardest hit by the news.
"Slow Jim Comer hardest hit," he said.
Former Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas noted that, since he came forward about the Giuliani scheme to bring down Biden, he's known that the $5 million bribe from Burisma was a lie.
"Absolute f---ng clown car of stupid," quipped University of Texas School of Law professor Lee Kovarsky.
"My favorite part of the breaking news about the FBI informant getting arrested today is that it was all done by the Special Counsel the Republicans demanded to investigate Hunter Biden. They literally beat the DOJ into submission and the guy is dismantling their entire case," noted Fred Wellman of MeidasTouch.
"I’d say this is a BFD, no? Once again, major parts of the Hunter Biden case falling apart due to lies by alleged 'witness'/'informants.'" said ex-Republican and Lincoln Project podcast host Tara Setmayer.
