Prosecutors will ask a judge on Wednesday for six years in prison for a former FBI informant whose bogus story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes became central to Republicans' impeachment effort.
Alexander Smirnov may not be a household name, but his prison sentence represents a stunning fiasco for some prominent Republicans in Congress.
A federal judge gave the former informant the highest possible sentence under his plea agreement with prosecutors in special counsel David Weiss's office.
The FBI has faced a handful of scandals under the Biden administration, including a New Year's Day terror attack that left more than a dozen people dead and others injured.
No evidence emerged that the allegations against the Bidens were true, but the story was taken up by some Republicans, who made the unverified claims part of their effort to impeach President
Former FBI informant has been sentenced to six years for fabricating bribery allegations involving President Biden and his son Hunter.
President Biden told a grieving New Orleans "you are not alone" as the nation stands with the city following the deadly New Year's Day attack.
President Joe Biden is casting doubt on his fitness to serve another four years in a new interview days before he leaves office after one term.
Both FBI and President Biden have responded to the terrorist attack in New Orleans on Bourbon Street. Here's what they've said.
Republicans blamed "mistakes" during President Joe Biden's tenure, the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, and illegal immigration for the New Orleans attack.
Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and RCP White House correspondent Phil Wegmann discuss Susan Page's USA Today interview with outgoing President Joe Biden,