FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, accused of lying about Biden’s ties to Ukraine, now faces new tax charges

Alexander Smirnov, former FBI informant, previously accused of allegedly lying about US President Joe Biden and his family’s connections with Ukrainewas indicted on new tax charges.

US Department of Justice On November 21, special prosecutor David Weiss presented new charges in which he accused Smirnov of concealing multi-million-dollar income obtained in 2020–2022.

27-page indictment said Smirnov received more than $2 million from multiple sources during those years, although on a credit card application dated June 18, 2022, he “reported only $60,000 in total annual income and $250,000 in gross business income.”

The indictment also cited Smirnov’s expenses, including a $1.4 million condominium in Las Vegas, a Bentley rented for more than $122,000, and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on clothes, jewelry and accessories he allegedly purchased for himself and his domestic partner .

“To conceal the multi-million-dollar income he received in 2020, 2021 and 2022, defendant created and filed false Forms 1040, U.S. personal income tax returns, for himself and on behalf of a domestic partner that included false and fictitious income and expenses – we read in the indictment.

This was announced by Smirnov’s lawyer, David Chesnoff CBS News that his client denies the allegations and “intends to vigorously defend this case as he vigorously defended the first case.”

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Smirnov earlier indictment accused him of falsely claiming to his FBI employee that an executive at the Ukrainian energy company Burisma told him they paid Biden and his son Hunter $5 million each to “protect us, through his dad, from all kinds of problems.”

Prosecutors said witness statements, email evidence and phone and travel records further proved that Smirnov was unable to contact Burisma officials when he testified and therefore the bribery allegations against the Biden family were completely false.

Smirnov’s testimony formed the basis of an investigation launched by congressional Republicans into Biden and his family and led to the House opening an impeachment inquiry into Biden.

Smirnov’s trial in the Biden case has been postponed to January 8 next year.