Former FBI Informant Accused of Lying About Bidens Indicted on Tax Charges

Aformer FBI informant who is accused of lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden's family has been indicted in a new case on federal tax charges.

What Are the Tax Charges?

Alexander Smirnov, a former FBI informant, faces accusations of tax evasion and filing false tax returns.

The indictment, unsealed in a California federal court this week and brought by Justice Department special counsel David Weiss, charges Smirnov with tax evasion and filing false tax returns, accusing him of concealing millions of dollars of income he earned between 2020 and 2022.

Smirnov's attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday that their client "intends to vigorously fight these allegations with the same intensity as he has fought the original indictment."

Smirnov's Legal Troubles

The tax charges come months after Smirnov's arrest on earlier charges of fabricating claims against the Biden family.

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