Ex-FBI Informant Charged Over ‘False Information’ Linked to Biden Bribery Probe Rearrested After Release

Alexander Smirnov was rearrested during a Thursday morning meeting with his lawyers, who have asked a court for his immediate release.
Ex-FBI Informant Charged Over ‘False Information’ Linked to Biden Bribery Probe Rearrested After Release
Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, center, leaves the courthouse in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP
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The ex-FBI informant who claimed the Biden family engaged in a bribery scheme in Ukraine was rearrested on Thursday, according to a court filing.

Alexander Smirnov was arrested for a second time for making false statements to a government agent and falsifying records in a federal investigation—the exact same charges as his first arrest—while he was attending a morning meeting with his lawyers after prosecutors appealed a judge’s ruling that had allowed him to be released with a GPS monitor ahead of his trial.

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