Former FBI official Nikki Floris (shown) broke down in tears outside a federal courtroom Tuesday during a preliminary hearing on charges that she and another ex-bureau official lied to Congress about burying the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Posted on 10/27/2026 7:05:20 PM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON – Former FBI official Nikki Floris broke down in tears outside a federal courtroom Tuesday during a preliminary hearing on charges that she and another ex-bureau official lied to Congress about burying the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Floris was seen weeping in a courthouse hallway during a break in the probable cause hearing in the district court for Washington, DC.
She and fellow former FBI official, Bradley Benavides, self-surrendered last week and face up to five years in prison if convicted of lying to the House Judiciary Committee in 2023 about their involvement in discrediting stories about the troubled first son.
US Magistrate Zia Faruqui presided over the hearing, which aimed to determine whether the Justice Department had enough evidence to move forward with the prosecution of Floris and Benavides, both of whom served on the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) when they allegedly made false statements to the House panel.
Faruqui did not make a ruling in the case after a full day of testimony.
In a blow to the DOJ, the judge, however, struck down a superseding complaint filed in the middle of the night against the duo.
The amended complaint sought to add a new obstruction charge against the two former officials, but the DOJ did not obtain a sign-off from a judge to do so.
“Why today upend the entire history of how we charge cases?” Faruqui said, arguing that prosecutors were behaving as if they were “afraid” the jurist was “not going to find probable cause.”
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He also speaks fluent Ukrainian....
Maybe she was hormonal.
Squeeze them until the sing like robins.
No need to worry, dear. There are enough traitors in the system to prevent accountability. Look at all the judges throwing out cases and grand juries performing their ‘nullification’ duties
This entire case is being conducted in Washington DC.
The chance is zero that any court will find her guilt and that she will receive any punishment
She was only following orders.
Hunter’s laptop had even more to do with China.
Happened under a Democrat President, she will get off with at most a hand slap. Of course if someone in the FBI did this under Trump the the question would be “cigarette, blind fold?”
But only when high on crack. 🤣👍
Poor baby.
You have to be kidding me. You didn’t mind committing the crime and interfering with the election and now you want to cry about it. Take her in a dark room and put the bright light on her. Make her spill everthing she knows about the corruption.
Sorry Miss. There ain’t no cryin’ in a federal court room!
You’re the one who decided pleasing a skunk like Hunter Biden was worth throwing your training and your career out the window! You think Hunter has shed a tear about you?
If so, only tears of laughter at you for being a sucker!
Good. I hope she weeps bitterly.
So true. He is still out and about, enjoying his freedom, smoking crack and consorting with prostitutes. It’s the good life for him.
She hitched her career to his wagon.
The biden FBI and the bidens don’t give a rat’s ass what happens to those facing charges.
They were useful idiots.
Sucks to be them.
Former FBI official Nikki Floris (shown) broke down in tears outside a federal courtroom Tuesday during a preliminary hearing on charges that she and another ex-bureau official lied to Congress about burying the Hunter Biden laptop story.
Public statements from President Donald Trump previously alleged that an “unnamed official”........later connected by media outlets to Flores........ran a “shadow government” within the bureau to withhold “certain intelligence.”
Awwwwww! But, about this bone bruise on my left elbow....
Too bad she was’nt a news reporter. She wouldn’t be charged with lying.
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