All posts tagged "Informant"

Congressman Jim Jordan and other Republican leaders are either "in league or incompetent" when it comes to the FBI informant who now stands accused of feeding Russian disinformation about Joe Biden directly to the federal government, according to a former federal prosecutor Sunday.

Glenn Kirschner appeared on MSNBC's Ayman, where he was asked about former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who was recently re-arrested after being let out of custody.

Specifically, the host asked Kirschner whether it appeared as the GOP leaders such as Jordan and James Comer ignored valid warnings about the informant's information....

Almost never does a federal judge accuse outright the defense of aiding their client to flee the country.

And yet, that's what U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II deduced.

The once star witness for the Republican-fueled impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden was jailed soon after he had been granted bail by a judge. ...

Former FBI source Alexander Smirnov was arrested for a second time Thursday for making false statements to federal law enforcement.

"YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to arrest ALEXANDER SMIRNOV and bring him forthwith to District Judge, Otis D. Wright, II," the warrant stated, "to answer an Indictment charging him with False Statements to Federal Law Enforcement, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001, and Creating a False or Fictitious Record, in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 1519."

Attorneys for Smirnov objected to his incarceration and asked for an immediate hearing. ...