Ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov got six years in prison after pleading guilty to lying that Joe and Hunter Biden accepted $10 million in bribes.

The former FBI informant who fabricated claims about President Biden and his son Hunter Biden accepting bribes was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison, according to court documents.

Alexander Smirnov will be sentenced in Los Angeles federal court after pleading guilty last month to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme in what prosecutors say was an ...

A federal judge gave the former informant the highest possible sentence under his plea agreement with prosecutors in special counsel David Weiss's office.

A Californian court sentenced former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who falsely accused the Biden family of taking a bribe from a Ukrainian business, to six years in prison, CNN reported on Jan. 8.

The report of the special counsel behind the prosecutions against Hunter Biden, David Weiss, was released Monday.

In this courtroom sketch Defendant Alexander Smirnov speaks in Federal court in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. (William T. Robles via AP) The disgraced former FBI informant who falsely accused ...

Alexander Smirnov may not be a household name, but his prison sentence represents a stunning fiasco for some prominent Republicans in Congress.

Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty last month in Los Angeles federal court to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme in what prosecutors say was an effort to influence the ...

The ex-informant, Alexander Smirnov, who is a dual US-Israeli citizen, has been in jail since his arrest last February. The sentencing in Los Angeles wraps up one of the final remnants of special ...