His claims became the basis of an impeachment investigation in Congress which centred around the false claims that the Bidens made millions in bribes from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company.
But Smirnov admitted he made the story up, and pleaded guilty in Los Angeles on Monday as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
Smirnov, a dual US-Israeli citizen, had been an FBI informant for more than a decade when he made the allegations about the Bidens in June 2020, saying that Joe and Hunter Biden each received $5m from the energy company.
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Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 28 pts · 1y
Faux News has been following this case closely. I'm sure they will update all their viewers they have riled them into a frenzy over another lie.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y
They'll probably tell them that the dude was set up and it was the deep state. I feel so bad for people who have to watch fox news for their jobs. Yikes.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
And somehow it also means Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Jaymang@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Surprised? Not at all.. Republicans are basically a criminal enterprise masking as a political party at this point. They will lie, cheat, steal and murder their way to power any way they can.