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Ex-FBI Informant Charged With Lying About The Bidens Is Re-Arrested As Prosecutors Fight To Keep Him Behind Bars
CNN ^ | 02/22/24 | Hannah Rabinowitz

Posted on 02/22/2024 4:12:47 PM PST by Enlightened1

Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant indicted for lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, has been re-arrested in Nevada.

Though prosecutors fought to keep him behind bars, Smirnov was released by Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts in Nevada on Tuesday with several conditions, including GPS monitoring and the surrender of his two passports.

Prosecutors asked the Nevada judge to delay his release, but the judge declined and Smirnov was allowed to walk out.

Now, Smirnov’s defense lawyers say their client was re-arrested Thursday on a new warrant for the exact same charges – this time signed by federal district Judge Otis Wright, who will oversee the criminal case out of California.

“Despite Judge Albregts’s prior ruling, denial of the stay request, and Mr. Smirnov’s prior release from custody, on the morning of February 22, 2024, Mr. Smirnov was arrested for a second time – on the same charges and based on the same indictment set forth … while at the undersigned counsel’s law office for meetings with counsel,” his lawyers wrote in a court filing.

The unusual move means that Smirnov will need to argue for his release once again. Prosecutors had already moved for a rehearing on the matter in front of the judge in California, reasserting their concerns about Smirnov’s connections to foreign intelligence officials and his access to significant amounts of cash.

A spokesperson for special counsel David Weiss, who is prosecuting the case, confirmed Smirnov’s arrest.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alexandersmirnov; bananarepublic; biden; cdcalifornia; danielalbregts; dubyajudge; fbi; informant; magistratejudge; otisdwright; otisdwrightii; otiswright; policestate; rearrested
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To: Red Badger
They do not want him talking to the media...

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!

21 posted on 02/22/2024 4:32:05 PM PST by GOPJ ( New York Bank loans can bankrupt YOU if some Soros Bimbo TRASH doesn't like you. Just ask Trump.)
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To: Enlightened1

“Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant indicted for lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine”

Yeah, this clown was actually saying Biden and his family were taking BRIBES. So the valiant FBI quickly arrested him for lying!
Our “G-men” in action! /s


22 posted on 02/22/2024 4:35:23 PM PST by DesertRhino (16 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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To: Enlightened1

Gee, can we start locking up the people that have lied about and disparaged Donald Trump????


23 posted on 02/22/2024 4:37:13 PM PST by LibertyWoman (America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
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To: ChessExpert

It’s not double jeopardy YET because he’s not been tried yet, the case is still pending.

But still - what does the federal judge in Nevada have to say about being usurped?


24 posted on 02/22/2024 4:43:02 PM PST by Skywise
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To: DesertRhino

This has become too crazy to even believe it is happening in the U.S.


25 posted on 02/22/2024 4:44:28 PM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: CFW

The millions were laundered through the multiple shell companies. The DOJ knows this.
They will try to do this to us.


26 posted on 02/22/2024 4:54:17 PM PST by TStro (God made all men equal Sam Colt made them polite.)
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To: Enlightened1

What a country!


27 posted on 02/22/2024 4:54:36 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: VTenigma

Bidon said that Smirnov’s claims are malarkey. That’s good enough for Weiss


28 posted on 02/22/2024 4:56:25 PM PST by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

“Raskin agreed that the information came from a highly credible paid source the FBI has relied on for years.”

-The Hill


29 posted on 02/22/2024 4:57:43 PM PST by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: Colorado Doug

Of course, what was I thinking?


30 posted on 02/22/2024 5:01:12 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Enlightened1

This is what happens when you become involved with the corrupt FBI/DOJ. They will scapegoat you in a heartbeat to save the skins of those they support. But even if I’m wrong their reputation for corruption has canceled their legitimacy in the eyes of most people.


31 posted on 02/22/2024 5:02:38 PM PST by Rowdyone (Vigilence)
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To: Enlightened1

Why do they not report his charge as “allegedly lying?”


32 posted on 02/22/2024 5:04:10 PM PST by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. A)
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To: Enlightened1
I thought the sixth amendment required that "the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed."

Was he in Nevada or California?

Was the Nevada hearing the unconstitutional one or is the California hearing the unconstitutional one?

-PJ

33 posted on 02/22/2024 5:05:42 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Sarah Barracuda

34 posted on 02/22/2024 5:08:18 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Enlightened1

Well if nothing else they can get him for leaving Nevada when the Feds drag him to California……🤣


35 posted on 02/22/2024 5:08:47 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: TStro

The issue claimed is whether or not it is THOSE millions, or different millions.

Maybe it was only 28 million, and not 40 million.


36 posted on 02/22/2024 5:09:39 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: VTenigma
Smirnoff was charge because he said that a Burisma executive gave $5M to Hunter and $5M to Joe. According the the Reichsicherheitshauptamt FBI, that is a lie, so they arrested him for lying to them. Never mind that it is almost certainly true or that the FBI paid him to 'lie' to them.
37 posted on 02/22/2024 5:09:51 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: Lockbox

We need to organize a modern underground railroad to help J6’ers, and other victims of DC escape to freedom.


38 posted on 02/22/2024 5:10:46 PM PST by DesertRhino (16 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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To: Enlightened1

“Charged with lying…”

THIS is a crime?? You get arrested for LYING???

I believe there are at LEAST 535 people in Washington DC alone, not to mention every single national “news” outlet “reporter” - who need to be arrested on the charge of “lying”.

We’ve gone full 3rd world/Banana


39 posted on 02/22/2024 5:11:15 PM PST by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Thanks. I guess you don’t need to prove the lie just allege it.


40 posted on 02/22/2024 5:12:35 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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