Posted on 02/16/2024 7:01:48 AM PST by Twotone
On Thursday, special counsel David Weiss charged a former FBI informant who claimed President Biden was bribed by Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma. The indictment claims the informant lied about Biden's alleged role in the business dealings.
Alexander Smirnov, 43, was arrested on Thursday at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, per CNN.
Smirnov has been accused in the indictment that his story to the FBI "was a fabrication, an amalgam of otherwise unremarkable business meetings and contacts that had actually occurred but at a later date than he claimed and for the purpose of pitching Burisma on the Defendant’s services and products, not for discussing bribes to [Joe Biden] when he was in office."
The informant, who has now been identified as Smirnov, provided testimony to House Republicans and their investigation into the Biden family's alleged illegal foreign business dealings. He claimed that Burisma executives paid President Biden and his son Hunter Biden $5 million each to have a Ukrainian prosecutor fired who had been investigating Burisma at the time.
The informant claimed that the bribery occurred while Biden was vice president serving under Barack Obama.
The indictment states, "In truth and fact, the Defendant had contact with executives from Burisma in 2017, after the end of the Obama-Biden Administration and after the then Ukrainian Prosecutor General had been fired in February 2016, in other words, when [Joe Biden] had no ability to influence U.S. policy and when the Prosecutor General was no longer in office."
"In short, the Defendant transformed his routine and unextraordinary business contacts with Burisma in 2017 and later into bribery allegations against [Joe Biden], the presumptive nominee of one of the two major political parties for President, after expressing bias against [Joe Biden] and his candidacy," it continues.
Heard that yesterday. Weird huh? Guess no whistle blower safety net?
Those who speak the truth shall be jailed, what is this Venezuela
Sounds like Biden’s handlers are doing a “Putin” on whistle blowers.
Why only arrest him now? Why did the FBI at first conceal his testimony? What would he gain by lying?
“Liars arresting liars to protect liars”
Sorry, so perfect and brilliant I had to re-post it.
He’s gonna meet Epstein.
Lol thanks- have had my comments called a lot of things, “perfect” has never been one of em lol
They’ll J6 him.
Take a look at this. It is repulsive in so many ways.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/what-are-they-51st-state-congressman-questions-why/
Life in a police state, ain’t it grand?
To sequester him into custody of the FED GOV SCUM TRAITORS, preventing him from giving testimony to any congressional committee.
This is how one knows that he was telling the truth about the Biden Family Crime Syndicate enriching themselves with the bribery money.
Even Biden’s grandchildren received sums of cash.
This arrest has no bearing on the fact that, as vice president, Biden threatened to withhold $Billions in U.S. aide to Ukraine if Ukraine didn’t fire the Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating Hunter. That DID happen, and Ukraine fired the prosecutor. Biden bragged about it on TV.
Biden wouldn’t need to be bribed to protect Hunter’s illegal influence peddling operation.
He will probably be screaming from the rafters, that he will NOT commit suicide
The FBI works at the beck and call of the DOJ. That is a true and factual statement!
Biden is Putin’s twin.
$83333.33 a month for Hunter is TOTALLY not a bribe.
Another Epstein suicide?
Nothing suspicious here citizen, move it along.
The indictment states, “In truth and fact, the Defendant had contact with executives from Burisma in 2017, after the end of the Obama-Biden Administration and after the then Ukrainian Prosecutor General had been fired in February 2016, in other words, when [Joe Biden] had no ability to influence U.S. policy and when the Prosecutor General was no longer in office.”
If former holders of high political office lose all ability to influence U.S. policy why are so many hired as lobbyists at great compensation?
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