WASHINGTON — Alexander Smirnova former FBI informant is accused of lying to the FBI about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.heartThe House Republican has been re-arrested by federal authorities in the ongoing impeachment inquiry, his lawyers said Thursday.
Smirnov initially appeared in federal court in Las Vegas, but his case was scheduled to continue in California. Smirnov was ordered was released by a Nevada judge on conditions that included GPS monitoring after his first hearing Tuesday. Prosecutors then asked a federal judge in California to arrest him.
Officials said Smirnov admitted that some information about Hunter Biden came from “officials associated with Russian intelligence” and claimed that Smirnov had met with Russian intelligence officials several months earlier. They said Smirnov “actively concocted new lies that could affect the US election after meeting with Russian intelligence officials in November.”
A copy of the new arrest warrant It shows it was issued by a judge in California on Thursday.
Smirnov’s lawyers he wrote On Thursday morning, they were “arrested a second time” on the same charge while at their “law office to meet with a lawyer.”
They said that Smirnov’s meeting with his lawyers when he was re-arrested “contradicts the idea that he is a flight risk”.
“Mr. Smirnov was re-arrested by the arrest warrant issued by the same court, where he planned to appear voluntarily when requested,” the information said.
The office of special prosecutor David Weiss, who prosecuted Smirnov, did not respond to NBC News’ request for comment.