Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov who ‘lied’ about an alleged Biden family ‘bribery scheme’ with Ukrainians had ‘high-level contacts with Russian intelligence operatives,’ according to prosecutors.
In a shocking new filing, prosecutors state that Smirnov has ‘extensive foreign ties’ and could be resettled outside the U.S. if he were to be released
Special Counsel David Weiss charged Alexander Smirnov with lying about Biden after he became a presidential candidate
Smirnov was arrested at the airport in Las Vegas on Thursday and is currently being held in a detention facility in Nevada
The charges undercut the Republican claims of Biden benefitting financially from his son’s business dealings in Ukraine.
Last week, Special Counsel David Weiss charged him with lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden taking $5million bribes from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
Alexander Smirnov, 43, is accused of making a false statement and creating a false record for statements he made to the FBI in 2020 and, if convicted, faces a maximum of 25 years in prison.
In a shocking new filing, prosecutors state that Smirnov, an Israeli citizen, has ‘extensive foreign ties, including, most troublingly and by his own account, contact with foreign intelligence services, including Russian intelligence agencies.’
As a result, federal prosecutors argue that Smirnov should be detained because those foreign contacts could ‘resettle Smirnov outside the United States if he were released’ and he has $6 million in ‘liquid funds’ – so he could live comfortably.
The bombshell revelations came out immediately before he is expected to appear in court in Las Vegas Tuesday afternoon at 3pm PST.
He is currently being held in a federal detention facility in Pahrump, Nevada.
Smirnov was arrested last Thursday afternoon at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas after arriving the United States from overseas and appeared in federal court in Nevada.
The charges against Smirnov could undercut Republican accusations of bribery and claims Biden was benefitting financial from his son’s business dealings in Ukraine.
In the Tuesday afternoon filing, prosecutors detailed how Smirnov ‘misrepresented’ his assets by failing to disclose the millions he has on hand.
He personally has access to more than $2.9 million and his ‘wife/girlfriend’ who pays his personal expenses out of her own account has the ability to get more than $3.8 million.
According to court documents, Smirnov told the FBI in March 2017 he had a phone call with the owner of Burisma about the energy companies interest in acquiring a business in the United States.
In his telling of the conversation, Smirnov told the FBI that someone referred to as ‘Businessperson 1’ was on the board of Burisma and was also the son of an individual referred to as ‘Public Official 1.’
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