"Ex-FBI Informant's Kremlin Ties and False Intel on Bidens: Court Appearance Looms"

Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, charged with providing false information about the Bidens, is set to appear in a California federal court for a hearing as a judge considers whether to keep him in jail. Prosecutors allege that Smirnov, who had been a confidential source for the FBI, obtained false information from Russian intelligence officials and continued to spread lies that could impact U.S. elections. House Republicans had previously highlighted Smirnov's unsubstantiated claims during the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, but have since downplayed their significance.