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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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.
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.
Just in about the… BiDEn CriMe fAmiLY
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.
And somehow it also means Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize
Smirnov…
