Ex-FBI Informant Charged With Lying About Bidens To Remain Jailed

70 weeks ago A federal judge says a former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II’s order during a hearing in Los Angeles federal court on Monday reverses a different judge’s earlier ruling releasing Alexander Smirnov on electronic GPS monitoring. Prosecutors say they fear Smirnov could flee the country. He is charged with 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. Smirnov pleaded not guilty to the charges.