Former Federal Bureau of Investigation informant Alexander Smirnov, 43, has been arrested. He is accused of making false statements about 46th U.S. president Joe Biden, 81, and Biden’s son Hunter Biden, 54.
Alexander Smirnov
While serving as a confidential human source with the FBI, Smirnov reported in March 2017 to an FBI agent that he had had a phone call with the owner of Ukrainian industrial conglomerate Burisma Holdings, Limited about its interest in acquiring a U.S. company and making an initial public offering on a stock exchange based in the U.S. He reported that Hunter was a member of Burisma’s board.
In June 2020, Smirnov allegedly falsely claimed that during meetings in 2015 and 2016, executives associated with Burisma admitted to him that they had hired Hunter to protect them through his father “from all kinds of problems”. At the time, the then prosecutor general of Ukraine was conducting a criminal investigation into the company.
Smirnov allegedly made a false report claiming that Burisma paid Joe and Hunter $5 million each when Joe was still in office so that Hunter will “take care of all those issues through his dad” and to “deal with” the prosecutor general, who was fired in February 2016. In reality, Smirnov had contact with executives from Burisma in 2017 when Joe had no ability to influence U.S. policy.
In September 2023, FBI agents interviewed Smirnov. He allegedly repeated some of his false claims, changed some of his claims, claimed that he had met with Russian officials and promoted a new false narrative.
On February 14, 2024, Smirnov arrived in the U.S. from overseas and was arrested at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He was charged with making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record.
Joe Biden
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA, Joe moved in Delaware, USA in 1953 with his family. On June 17, 1977, Joe married Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden.
From January 3, 1973 to January 15, 2009, he served as a senator from Delaware. On June 8, 1981, Jill gave birth to Ashley Blazer Biden.
From January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017, Joe served as the 47th U.S. vice president. On January 20, 2021, he assumed office as the 46th U.S. president.
Hunter Biden
On December 18, 1972, Hunter and his brother Beau Biden survived the car accident in Hockessin, Delaware that killed their sister Naomi Christina “Amy” Biden and their mother Neilia Hunter Biden.
On November 30, 2002, Beau married Hallie Olivere Biden. On May 30, 2015, he died of brain cancer.
From 2016 to 2017, Hallie and Hunter were in a romantic relationship. It was supported by Joe,Jill and Hallie’s father Ron Olivere.
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