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Back to Reading Published Feb. 20, 2024, 9:11 p.m. ET Biden says impeachment inquiry 'should be dropped' More Videos 0 seconds of 27 secondsVolume 0% Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts Keyboard ShortcutsEnabledDisabled Play/PauseSPACE Increase Volume↑ Decrease Volume↓ Seek Forward→ Seek Backward← Captions On/Offc Fullscreen/Exit Fullscreenf Mute/Unmutem Decrease Caption Size- Increase Caption Size+ or = Seek %0-9 Next Up Dog with mouth zip-tied shut is rescued and later adopted by South Bend Police officer 00:50 Settings OffEnglish Font Color undefined Font Opacity 100% Font Size 100% Font Family undefined Character Edge None Background Color Black Background Opacity 75% Window Color Black Window Opacity 0% Reset WhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyan 100%75%50%25% 200%175%150%125%100%75%50% ArialCourierGeorgiaImpactLucida ConsoleTahomaTimes New RomanTrebuchet MSVerdana NoneRaisedDepressedUniformDrop Shadow WhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyan 100%75%50%25%0% WhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyan 100%75%50%25%0% facebook twitter Email Linkhttps://nypost.com/2024/02/20/us-news/paid-fbi-informant-accused-of-fabricating-biden-bribery-allegation-received-another-debunked-hunter-tip-this-time-from-russia-court-docs/ Copied Live 00:00 00:27 00:27 WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that the paid FBI informant accused of fabricating a high-profile $10 million bribery allegation against President Biden and his son Hunter recently shared another false story — this time from Russian intelligence — involving purported Kyiv hotel recordings of the first son. The claim was easily debunked because Hunter Biden, 54, “has never traveled to Ukraine,” prosecutors wrote in a motion to keep Alexander Smirnov behind bars pending trial — even though Hunter earned millions of dollars from natural gas company Burisma Holdings during and immediately after his father’s vice presidency. Smirnov, 43, “is actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections after meeting with Russian intelligence officials in November,” said the latest filing, which claims that Smirnov, a dual US-Israeli citizen, “has access to over $6 million in liquid funds.” 3 Federal prosecutors revealed the paid FBI informant accused of fabricating a high-profile $10 million bribery allegation against President Biden and Hunter Biden recently shared another false story. AFP via Getty Images Smirnov was arrested on Feb. 14 in Las Vegas after a California grand jury indicted him on two felony counts of making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record for statements to the FBI in a June 2020 FD-1023 form that House Republicans last year battled for access to read. The new court documents do not further illuminate why Smirnov allegedly lied about Joe and Hunter Biden taking bribes, which prosecutors say was disproven due to the fact that Smirnov wasn’t working with Burisma at the time he claimed to have conversations with key company figures. EXPLORE MORE TRUMP ACCUSES BIDEN OF PERSONALLY GETTING ‘A LOT OF MONEY’ FROM HUNTER’S OVERSEAS BUSINESS DEALS JAMES BIDEN SET TO TESTIFY AS PART OF IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO BROTHER JOE’S ROLE IN FAMILY BUSINESS DEMS DAWDLE ON JOE’S AGE WOES, MINNESOTA OKS INDOCTRINATION AND OTHER COMMENTARY The new filing does not connect the allegedly bogus bribery claim to Russian intelligence — while initial charging papers said Smirnov showed a political “bias” against the Democratic Party leader, indicating one possible motive. It’s unclear if the later tipoff described anything in particular that purportedly was recorded at the hotel. “During his custodial interview on February 14, Smirnov admitted that officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story about [Hunter Biden],” says the court filing by attorneys working for special counsel David Weiss, whose team is prosecuting the first son for tax and gun charges. “At his meeting with FBI investigators in September 2023, Smirnov pushed a new story about [Joe] and [Hunter Biden], as described in the indictment. Specifically, Smirnov wanted them to look into whether [Hunter Biden] was recorded in a hotel in Kiev called the Premier Palace,” the document says. 3 The claim was easily debunked because Hunter Biden, 54, “has never traveled to Ukraine,” prosecutors wrote in a motion to keep Alexander Smirnov behind bars pending trial. “Smirnov told investigators that the entire Premier Palace Hotel is ‘wired’ and under the control of the Russians. Smirnov claimed that [Hunter Biden] went to the hotel many times and that he had seen video footage of [Hunter Biden] entering the Premier Palace Hotel.” Later, in December, “Smirnov reported to his [FBI] Handler about a recent overseas trip, where Smirnov attended a meeting with Russian Official 2, who Smirnov has described as a high-ranking member of a specific Russian foreign intelligence service,” the filing says. “According to Smirnov, the purpose of the meeting was to discuss a potential resolution to Russia’s war against Ukraine. During this same trip, Smirnov apparently attended a separate meeting with Russian Official 1, the individual who controls groups that are engaged in overseas assassination efforts. During this meeting with Russian Official 1, Russian Official 1 claimed that another individual, Russian Official 4, the head of a particular unit of a Russian Intelligence Service, ran an intelligence operation at a ‘club’ located at a particular hotel.” 3 Smirnov was arrested on Feb. 14 in Las Vegas after a California grand jury indicted him on two felony counts of making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record for statements to the FBI in June 2020. AP “Smirnov told the FBI Handler that the Russian Intelligence Service intercepted cell phone calls made by guests at the hotel. The Russian Intelligence Service intercepted several calls placed by prominent U.S. persons the Russian government may use as ‘kompromat’ in the 2024 election, depending on who the candidates will be. As described below, this story, which again was relayed by Smirnov to his Handler in/about December, 2023, appears to mirror the story that Smirnov was pushing on investigators and prosecutors during their meeting with him in September, 2023 (in which Smirnov pushed investigators to look into whether [Hunter Biden] had been recorded in a foreign hotel).” Dubious allegations of incriminating hotel recordings have swirled before in US politics. Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was accused during the 2016 campaign of paying prostitutes to urinate on each other on a bed that had been slept in by former President Barack Obama at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow. Trump denied the allegation, which was contained in a dossier to the FBI that was prepared by former British spy Christopher Steele, who heard it from Russian citizen Igor Danchenko. Danchenko was indicted in 2021 for allegedly lying to the FBI, but was acquitted by a jury in 2022. In the bribery allegation that prosecutors say has been debunked, Smirnov alleged that he had conversations with Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky, the owner of Burisma Holdings. He claimed Zlochevsky said he was coerced into paying Joe and Hunter Biden $10 million in bribes for assistance in ousting prosecutor-general Viktor Shokin. Burisma paid Hunter Biden a salary of up to $1 million per year beginning in early 2014 when his father assumed control of US policy toward Ukraine. His close business associate Devon Archer, who also served on the Burisma board, told Congress in July that he was unaware of any bribes but noted that the $10 million figure was roughly what he and Hunter were paid. SHARE THIS ARTICLE: * Facebook * Twitter * Flipboard * WhatsApp * Email * Copy * Filed under * 2024 presidential election * hunter biden * russia * ukraine * 2/20/24 Read Next Letting trans players participate in girls' and women's sp... 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AFP via Getty Images The claim was easily debunked because Hunter Biden, 54, "has never traveled to Ukraine," prosecutors wrote in a motion to keep Alexander Smirnov behind bars pending trial. Smirnov was arrested on Feb. 14 in Las Vegas after a California grand jury indicted him on two felony counts of making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record for statements to the FBI in June 2020. 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