#OrgClassifPPUASluhaNaroduSNVolodymyrZelenskyy #IRLEntrepreneurHunterBiden #2022_InvasionOfUkraine #BrandBurisma #BehaviourCoercionBlackmail

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Context #NewspaperUKBrdshtTheGuardian "Prosecutors say Smirnov falsely told his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Joe and Hunter Biden $5m each around 2015. The claim became central to the Republican impeachment inquiry of President Biden in Congress. Smirnov has not entered a plea to the charges, but his lawyers have said their client is presumed innocent and they look forward to defending him at trial. As part of their push to keep him in custody, prosecutors said Smirnov told investigators after his arrest last week that 'officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story' about Hunter Biden. They said Smirnov's self-reported contact with Russian officials was recent and extensive, and said he had planned to meet with foreign intelligence contacts during an upcoming trip abroad." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/22/fbi-informant-biden-alexander-smirnov-arrest #OrgUSFedFBIInformantAlexanderSmirnov #BrandBurisma #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyPOTUSJoeBiden