A judge sentenced former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov to six years in prison on Wednesday for falsely claiming to the FBI in 2020 that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepted millions of dollars in bribes from a Ukrainian oligarch.
Smirnov had pleaded guilty last month to making the false statements about the Bidens and to evading taxes on more than $2 million in unreported income from 2020 to 2022. For the tax charge, the judge also ordered him to pay $675,000 in restitution.
Smirnov’s attorneys had asked for no more than four years behind bars, saying in a sentencing memorandum that their client, a dual Israeli and U.S. citizen, had led a “remarkable life,” having worked for the Israeli military and as an FBI source. They also said he had severe glaucoma that his doctor said would worsen with a lengthier prison stay.
In court on Wednesday,…
