Posted on 02/27/2024 9:27:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Earlier this month, special counsel David Weiss filed charges against former longtime FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who was the confidential human source (CHS) who reported that Joe Biden received bribes from the Ukrainian oil and gas company Burisma. Those allegations were first documented on the infamous FD-1023 form in 2020 but went uninvestigated for three years. It was only reviewed after Sen. Charles Grassley released it publicly and Hunter Biden's plea deal fell apart.
I was immediately suspicious of the indictment. For one thing, the Biden administration had fought to keep the FD-1023 from being released — an action that likely wouldn't have been taken if it were believed to have been false information. The FBI claimed at the time they didn't want to release the form to protect the safety of their confidential human source.
The claims in the FD-1023 were also previously vetted by former U.S. Attorney Scott Brady, who found them credible.
Now that Smirnov has been indicted by the Biden administration, Democrats are claiming this undermines the entire effort to impeach Joe Biden. Very convenient, isn't it? Smirnov was a longtime, highly trusted source who earned a lot of money from the FBI for the information he provided over the years, and suddenly the Justice Department has not only indicted him, but they are throwing the book at him. The Biden administration, which opposes the cash bail system and has no problem with violent criminals being immediately released as they await trial, successfully pushed for Smirnov to be held in federal custody as he awaits trial.
Others are also noticing troubling aspects of Smirnov's indictment.
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According to Department of Justice Assistant Attorney Andrew McCarthy:
“... even if Smirnov had lied to his FBI handler, it doesn’t explain the FBI’s extraordinary action to publicly torch someone who had been such a reliable informant for so long. “In an ordinary case,” writes McCarthy, “the Justice Department and FBI do not want to convey the message, ‘Cooperate with us, at high risk to yourself and your family, and we will eventually, and without warning, use what you’ve told us to make a case against you.’”
And it is not clear why Special Counsel Weiss chose to indict and incarcerate Smirnov now rather than at some other point in the three and a half years since he allegedly lied to his handler.
Since when are paid informants expected to be 100% trustworthy?
Other FIB assets are noting that the FIB will destroy them in order to protect the RATs.
The Smirnov indictment gives the Deep State and their media jackals the headline they wanted. Now they can report to the sheeple all the evidence on the Biden Crime Family have been “debunked”.
“And it is not clear why Special Counsel Weiss chose to indict and incarcerate Smirnov now...
Hardly. We all know exactly WHY it occurred now. It’s the weaponized DOJ interfering in the election by causing difficulties impeaching the vile, corrupt scumbag in the Oval Office.
What’s not clear?
He besmirched the integrity of Emperor Palpabiden...................
How can they prove he lied?
eazy peazy
all interviews are documented by handwritten notes only
it gives the fbi the option to charge anyone they want with lying
see Michael Flynn
The Alphabet election fraud has begun, the laptop was Russian misinformation.
Smirnov will be held until after the election after which the case will be dismissed on lack of evidence. Can’t have him doing interviews and providing the press with the info that Joe’s handlers are trying to hide.
Funny thing. My EEO attorney had a saying…
The paper will take anything.
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