Indicted ex-FBI informant said he got Hunter Biden information from Russian intel officials

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🗓️ 21 February 2024

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The former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ dealings in Ukraine told investigators after his arrest that Russian intelligence officials were involved in passing information to him about Hunter Biden, prosecutors said in a new court filing, noting that the information was false. New York Democratic Congressman Dan Goldman, who served as Democratic counsel during the former president's first impeachment inquiry, joins Anderson to discuss the new development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tonight on 3.60 breaking news, the White House, the witness House
0:05.2	House Republicans have for months been saying holds the key to what they call the
0:08.7	Biden crime family now says he got his dirt on Hunter Biden from Russian intelligence.
0:14.4	Also tonight, House Speaker Mike Johnson turns up at Marilago with the House and
0:18.1	recess Ukraine funding in limbo, Russian troops retaking territory in Ukraine and Trump comparing himself to
0:25.1	Nivalmy. We're keeping them honest. And later an 11 year old Texas girl
0:29.3	missing since she left for school on Thursday has been found. The news is tragic and an arrest may be imminent.
0:35.8	Good evening, thanks for being with us. We begin with the breaking news, which if allegations
0:40.5	in a new court filing are true, suggest that Russia is again tampering with the presidential election.
0:46.0	The indicted ex-FBI informant at the center of the House Republican Biden probe saying that the made
0:52.1	up dirt he got on Hunter Biden came from Russian
0:55.2	intelligence. Now keep in mind this is the person who Republicans have been using
0:59.2	to largely justify their investigation into the Biden family.an family details now from c9 7 perez who starts us off tonight so
1:06.7	Evan explained this all stems from a new court filing from the special counsel
1:11.6	David Weiss what exactly is he saying about
1:14.4	this informant in Russian intelligence? Well Anderson this filing really
1:18.2	raises the prospect that what this has all been about is a Russian disinformation operation and what they're saying is
1:24.8	that Alexander Smyrnaov who is who was an FBI informant for about 10 years that he received some of this information that he's been trafficking
1:36.0	against Hunter Biden, against Joe Biden, that he got some of that information from Russian
1:40.5	intelligence that he's been associated with for a number of years.
1:43.6	I'll read you just a part of what the filing says.
1:46.0	This is a filing from David Weiss's Special Counsel.
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