Alexander Smirnov, the FBI’s Confidential Human Source who exposed the Biden-Burisma bribery scheme, was arrested for a second time on Thursday due to concerns that he might try to escape.
Despite being considered a flight risk by federal prosecutors, Smirnov, who holds dual citizenship in Israel and the US, had been previously released from custody by magistrate judge Daniel Albregts in Las Vegas.
The prosecutors argued that Smirnov’s connections to Russian intelligence officials and his financial resources made him likely to flee using an Israeli passport.
However, Judge Albregts did not agree with these concerns and decided against detaining Smirnov.
“I understand the concern about foreign intelligence agencies potentially resettling Mr. Smirnov outside of the United States, his connections to them, but I think on some level that’s speculative as well,” Albregts said, according to Politico. “Because, as Mr. Chesnoff points out, I don’t know what Mr. Smirnov will be thought of in Russia, but my guess is at this stage he probably thinks that’s not the most attractive place to go either if he was in fact inclined to go hide somewhere.”
Prosecutors in California filed more charges against Smirnov after a judge in Las Vegas declined to detain him. Smirnov was arrested on Thursday during a meeting with his lawyers, suggesting he is unlikely to flee.
“On the morning of February 22, 2024, Mr. Smirnov was arrested for a second time — on the same charges and based on the same indictment,” his attorney David Chesnoff wrote in a court filing.
The Department of Justice under President Biden is accusing a FBI informant, who has been arrested and charged, of spreading new falsehoods that could impact U.S. elections following a meeting with Russian intelligence officials in November.
Last week, Alexander Smirnov was indicted by Special Counsel David Weiss on charges of making false statements to the FBI and fabricating records.
Smirnov was a key source behind the allegations of bribery involving Hunter Biden and Burisma Holdings.
He claimed that Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky admitted to paying $10 million in bribes to the Bidens, supported by text messages and recordings.
Senator Chuck Grassley previously revealed an FBI document suggesting Joe Biden’s involvement in a $10 million bribery scheme with Zlochevsky. The document alleged that then-Vice President Biden coerced the oligarch into paying him and his son.
Contrary to claims of spreading Russian disinformation, Smirnov had been a reliable FBI source for 10 years, receiving over $100,000 for his information.
Democrats are seizing on Smirnov’s arrest to undermine the impeachment inquiry against Biden, which relied on documents from Senator Grassley related to the Burisma case.
Smirnov has been rearrested recently, with his lawyers requesting an emergency hearing before a federal judge in California.
Excerpt from Politico:
Lawyers for Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant charged with feeding the bureau false corruption allegations against Joe Biden, say he’s been re-arrested just days after a magistrate judge in Las Vegas ordered him released from pretrial custody.
Chesnoff said that Smirnov — who prosecutors had warned had extensive ties to Russian intelligence and was a risk of fleeing — had been meeting with his lawyers at the time of his second arrest, which was based on a warrant signed earlier Thursday.
They described the development as “bizarre” and urged a federal judge in California — where Smirnov’s charges were filed — to quickly call a hearing on the matter.
“It should further be noted that the fact that the Defendant was attending a legal consultation meeting at his attorneys’ office contradicts the notion that he is a risk of flight,” Chesnoff wrote.
Prosecutors have asked Los Angeles-based U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II to reverse Albregts’ decision, but Wright has yet to set a hearing.
Smirnov’s attorneys are asking Wright to immediately call a hearing date in light of their client’s new arrest.
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The two Biden’s, Cocaine Head Hunter and Senile Shitty pants Joe should be in prison!
And The biden crime family continues to commit crimes without being held accountable for anythingthey have done. Traitor Joe is aiding and abetting drug smuggling and human trafficking via the illegal invasion of our Southern border that he opened. The Anti-American Communists that call themselves Democrats are destroying The United States with their actions and policies, shown daily.
The alphabet soup group agencies are nothing more than the Democrats Gestapo at this point as shown by their actions.
They want him in custody so they can suicide him.
They want him to disappear for good
DoJ and FBI are a lot more corrupt than this guy. They worked with him for years and payed him $millions and now he is a bad guy. Or is it that he may spill the beans on their corruption? That seems to be the case.
Wouldn’t want to BE him!