Ex-FBI Informant charged with lying about Hunter Biden

[fortnightlily]

WaPo gift link: wapo.st/48hRbHZ

Special counsel David Weiss — who has previously filed criminal charges against President Biden’s son Hunter — announced new charges Thursday against a former FBI informant who officials say lied about the Bidens’ business dealings.

The indictment returned by a grand jury in Los Angeles accuses Alexander Smirnov of making a false statement and creating a false and fictitious record. The charges amount to a stark rebuke of conservatives, particularly Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, who touted Smirnov’s claims as he and other Republican lawmakers tried to build a corruption case against the president and his family.

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Not holding my breath for Comer to receive any accountability for spreading claims that the FBI deemed non credible at the time.

[neverfstop]

Seems like a good place for this related story....
apnews.com/article/georgia-elections-true-vote-ballot-stuffing-199113b47bc2df79c63fdf007cd23115

Conservative group tells judge it has no evidence to back its claims of Georgia ballot stuffing


I'd love to see how many times Fox News covered these false stories vs. how many corrections they have issues...

[lilac05]

What I really hate is that the damage is done. All of the conservative news sources blasted both of these stories everywhere, and all of their followers believed it to be truth. Now they won’t cover these follow-up stories at all, or one 10 second comment.

Republicans know this. They can flat out lie and scream it from the rooftops. And even if they whisper a correction later, their people continue to believe it. AND will even suggest that their apology is forced and not genuine.