Defense lawyers urged a federal judge Thursday to dismiss a criminal complaint charging two former FBI counterintelligence officials with making false statements to Congress about Hunter Biden, calling the case an overtly political prosecution aimed at placating President Donald Trump.
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According to the affidavit, Floris and Benavides made "materially false statements" to the House Judiciary Committee during a congressional investigation into the Foreign Influence Task Force's involvement in the FBI's various investigations into Hunter Biden.
Two former FBI officials who have come under withering criticism from allies of President Donald Trump have been charged with allegedly lying to Congress over the investigation into former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.
By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Two former FBI officials are facing charges for allegedly lying to Congress as part of a probe that focused on whether FBI investigators sought to minimize allegations of Biden family corruption and evidence of Hunter Bid…
By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two former FBI officials are facing charges for allegedly lying to Congress as part of a probe that focused whether FBI investigators sought to minimize allegations of Biden family corruption and evidence of Hunter Biden’…
DOJ charged Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides with one count each of lying to Congress on Hunter Biden probes; complaint filed Oct. 23, 2026, 11 days before elections.
Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference have been charged with lying about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden’s laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.
Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference have been charged with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden’s laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.
Two former senior FBI officials surrendered on arrest warrants Friday after being charged with lying to Congress about their roles in the bureau’s Foreign Influence Task Force during the 2020 election and its handling of investigations involving Hunter Biden.
The case marks the latest in a series of politically charged investigative actions the Justice Department has undertaken in the run-up to the midterm contests.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged on Friday with making false statements to Congress about...
Contents of laptop of Joe Biden’s son were part of a bizarre saga in the final weeks of 2020 presidential election Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged on Friday with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins…
Two former senior FBI officials were charged with making false statements to lawmakers about their involvement in investigations concerning Hunter Biden.
The Justice Department charged two former FBI agents Friday with lying to Congress during the Hunter Biden laptop investigation. Former intelligence analyst Nikki Floris, who ran the intelligence division at the Washington Field Office, and Bradley Benavides, a former deputy assistant director for c…
Two former FBI officials are facing charges for lying to Congress about their involvement in the agency’s investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop. Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, who worked in the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) in 2019 and 2020, were taken into custody Friday, FBI Di…
