Kentucky Representative James Comer insisted Sunday that indicted FBI informant Alexander Smirnov’s claims were not “a significant part” of the GOP-led Biden family influence-peddling investigation, as he vowed that GOP lawmakers would spare no “random” efforts to uncover the truth.
“All we knew about Smirnov was the Form 1023 allegation. We knew from sources that the FBI had never investigated this case, and all we knew was what Christopher Wray had told us that this informant was one of the most trusted and highest paid agents in the office, and he had held that position for over ten years, so that’s all we knew about him.” , did he declare. “Sunday morning term” by Smirnov.
“It wasn’t a significant piece of the story, but it was information we should investigate. We’re not going to leave no stone unturned. We’re going to investigate every allegation of influence peddling by Biden.”
Joe and his son Hunter Biden are taking a walk. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Court documents unsealed earlier this month indicate the Justice Department accused Smirnov of giving false information after he claimed Joe Biden and Hunter Biden received millions in exchange for helping to fire Ukraine’s prosecutor who was investigating the Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings.
According to prosecutors, Smirnov recently had extensive ties to Russian intelligence officials.
Speaking to Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, who also joined the segment on Sunday, Bartiromo asked why former British spy Christopher Steele was never similarly charged for false statements.
“He continued to get paid after they found out what he told the FBI wasn’t true. This Smirnov guy was indicted and arrested not once, but twice,” he said. he declares.
“David Weiss had this information, the 1023 (form), in 2020. What has he done in the last three and a half years? Why didn’t he look into this before? Because all we knew was what President Comer just said.” Christopher Wray said this was a confidential human source that we had been paying for 14 years. He helped keep the bad guys away. Its security is compromised if we give you access to this 1023…”
HUNTER BIDEN WAS PAID $100 KA PER MONTH BY CHINESE COMPANY, EX-ASSOCIATE TESTIMONY
Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, center, leaves the courthouse Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Las Vegas. Prosecutors say Smirnov, accused of masterminding a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, had contact with Russian intelligence officials. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
“Maybe the guy lied, I don’t know, but it seems strange to me because it seems like David Weiss didn’t do anything with this until the plea deal fell through last July. Because “That if you read the indictment, it was in July that they were going to talk to the manager of confidential human sources and start this process that ultimately led to his arrest, so we’ll have to see.”
FBI informant accused of providing false information about Hunter Biden in 2020
House investigators, meanwhile, headed to an Alabama prison Friday to interview former Hunter Biden associate Jason Galanis, who is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence for securities fraud.
Comer, speaking to presenter Maria Bartiromo, offered the details obtained during the visit.
“What we learned was very similar to what Tony Bobulinski said, which was that he was familiar with the CEFC (China Energy) deal. He knew that Joe Biden played a critical role in putting together “this deal, that this deal was made when Joe Biden was vice president, and the Chinese believe that Joe Biden was going to be a shareholder in this, just like what we saw with AmeriCorps Health,” he said. .
“This is how the Bidens sold the brand. They didn’t just use Joe Biden as a crutch, they used Joe Biden as a potential board member, as a potential shareholder, and that’s how they were able to receive tens of millions of dollars from our enemies in the whole world. »
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Fox News’ Bradford Betz and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
