![]() ![]() Informant Is Charged With Lying Over Bidens’ Role in Ukraine Business. For a summary of the indictment and related details, see NYTimes, Ex-F.B.I. ![]() On Thursday, a grand jury in the Central District of California issued an indictment against Smirnov for lying to the FBI. House Oversight Chair James Comer took testimony from disgruntled IRS agents with no personal knowledge (but plenty of opinions) and from Hunter Biden’s business partner, who said Joe Biden never participated in his son’s business dealings.ĭesperate for proof, Republicans turned to a confidential source, Alexander Smirnov, who claimed to have personal knowledge of alleged bribery ($5 million) by then former Vice President Biden arising from Hunter Biden’s involvement in a Ukrainian energy company (“Burisma”). The House “impeachment” inquiry has been a conspiracy theory in search of evidence from the start. These twin developments are a watershed moment for the truth. But now, we have proof that the bad-faith headlines, breathless “whataboutism,” and lazy “both-siderism” of the media are part of a disinformation campaign that must stop. The major takeaway is this: The Republican party is built on lies and sustains itself through lies. That collapse is good for President Biden politically-but the immediate political ramification is not the most important point. Those narratives have now collapsed in a spectacular implosion. Together, the false stories of “Biden’s corruption” and “election fraud” were major components of the GOP playbook in the 2024 presidential election. The revelation that the “impeachment inquiry” against Biden was built on a house of lies comes hard on the heels of an admission from one of the primary proponents of the 2020 election fraud conspiracy theory that it has no evidence to support its allegations of widespread fraud! ![]() Per the indictment, the GOP’s primary source of allegations of corruption against President Biden lied to FBI agents, concocting a fiction for MAGA media outlets and politicians eager to spread slanderous statements. On a day bristling with important news, the criminal indictment of the “star” witness against President Biden and Hunter Biden in the impeachment inquiry was a watershed moment for the truth. ![]()
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