Doj checks the conviction of the former FBI information for bidding corruption

Doj checks the conviction of the former FBI information for bidding corruption

The Ministry of Justice of the United States will check his case against a former FBI informationman who was sentenced to Ukraine's connections about the connections of the bidding family. The public prosecutor announced this in a court document on Thursday.

conviction by Alexander Smirnov

Alexander Smirnov was made to Defined because he incorrectly claimed in 2020 that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden had received $ 10 million from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company. Smirnov's story was central to the effort led by the Republicans, the then President Biden.

Smirnovs Convaluation was part of the investigation by the special investigator David Weiss to Hunter connected topics. Prosecutor David Friedman gave in a Court document is carried out. He only wrote that "the United States wants to check the theory of the case on which the defendant's criminal conviction is based."

personal background of smirnov

Friedman also demanded that the judge who monitored the case exposed Smirnov during the appeal procedure, and referred to long -lasting complaints that he did not receive the necessary medical care in prison. Smirnov was born in the Soviet Union and emigrated to Israel with his family as a child before moving to the United States later. He became a natural citizen and a Informant for the FBI. According to the prosecutor, however, he invented the Narrative in Ukraine Occupation against Trump in 2020.

Republican examination and further developments

The Ministry of Justice secretly examined Smirnov's claims in 2020, but there were no consequences. Three years later, in the run-up to the 2024 campaign, the Republicans steered in the congress Attention on Smirnov's unoccupied allegations and Priesen" Services as FBI-Informant. Their claims spread quickly in the right -wing media.

Investigations against Hunter Biden

In the course of this Republican review, Weiß ’Team Smirnov 2023 interviewed again to check his claims, while also Hunter biden . However, Weiss came to the conclusion that Smirnov should be persecuted "Log" and "should be persecuted himself" for the repeated deception of the FBI, according to prosecutors in court documents.

This complex situation illustrates the challenges and implications in the political and legal structure of the United States. CNNS Marshall Cohen contributed to this report.