Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens must remain jailed, appeals court rules

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Source: AP

Updated 9:51 PM EDT, May 1, 2024


WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid to release from jail a former FBI informant who is charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family.

Alexander Smirnov ‘s lawyers had urged the California-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court judge’s order that the man remain behind bars while he awaits trial. But a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit said the lower court was right to conclude Smirnov is a flight risk and there are no conditions of release that would reasonably assure he shows up in court.

The appeals court also denied Smirnov’s request for temporary release, which his lawyers had pressed for so he could undergo eye surgery for glaucoma.

Smirnov was arrested in February on charges accusing him of falsely telling his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma had paid President Biden and Hunter Biden $5 million each around 2015. The claim became central to the Republican impeachment inquiry of President Biden in Congress. Smirnov has pleaded not guilty.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-alexander-smirnov-informant-detention-2a16e676657f32778b3efb31f259f109

[marble falls]

2. Good. He needs to be joined by those Congressmen and Congresswomen who encouraged and tried to use him.

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3. Shirley there are prison eye docs. Let Rand Paul do it. He loves all things Russia.

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4. Dumbass. If he would'a asked for time off to attend his son's graduation,

he would'a gotten it.

[KS Toronado]

5. Hoping MSM covers his trial like they do the hush money one.

Open voter's eyes to R's shenanigans.

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6. Rot

[Arne]

7. Whenever I hear about this

I want a glass of Vodka.

[Warpy]

8. He's a Russian operative

They know he'd vanish like a puff of smoke in a hurricane if they let him go, only to reappear as one of Putin's great heroes.

[DFW]

9. More likely scenario

He'd vanish like a water balloon falling out of an 8th story window. Still visible, but somewhat vocally challenged.

[Warpy]

10. Consider Maria Butina

She was sent here to sow chaos, got caught and thrown into jail, went back to Russia and got elected to the Duma.

They're not going to toss this bozo out of a window, they'll reward him, maybe make him a general. Putin's going to need some new generals, there's a purge going on.