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Ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about Biden and son Hunter sentenced to 6 years in prison

Headline from Anchorage Daily News, on the newest of 2 developments

Alexander Smirnov will be sentenced after pleading guilty last month to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme in what prosecutors say was an effort to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

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  1. Former FBI informant will be sentenced for bogus bribery claim about President Biden and son Hunter

    Headline from WFMZ Allentown ·

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    Ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about Biden and son Hunter sentenced to 6 years in prison

    Headline from Anchorage Daily News ·

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    Former FBI informant will be sentenced for bogus bribery claim about President Biden and son Hunter (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Prosecutors are asking a judge for six years in prison for an ex-FBI informant whose bogus story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes became central to

  2. Washington Examiner

    Ex-FBI informant gets six-year prison sentence for lying about Biden family bribes (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A judge sentenced ex FBI informant Alexander Smirnov to six years in prison for falsely claiming to the FBI in 2020 that Joe and Hunter Biden accepted bribes.

  3. Fox News

    FBI informant who made up Biden bribe story gets 6 years in prison (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov got six years in prison after pleading guilty to lying that Joe and Hunter Biden accepted $10 million in bribes.

  4. Anchorage Daily News

    Ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about Biden and son Hunter sentenced to 6 years in prison (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Alexander Smirnov will be sentenced after pleading guilty last month to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme in what prosecutors say was an effort to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

  5. WFAA Dallas

    Ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about Biden and his son Hunter gets 6 years in prison (opens WFAA Dallas)

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    WFAA Dallas's feed description

    Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty last month to lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme.

  6. CNN

    Ex-FBI informant behind fake Biden-Ukraine bribery allegations sentenced to 6 years in prison (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The disgraced former FBI informant who falsely accused President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden of taking a $10 million bribe from Ukraine was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison, according to court records.

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