"Ex-FBI Informant's Lawyers Accused of Aiding Potential Flight from US Amid Smirnov Indictment"

The Justice Department's recent allegations against a former FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, for spreading misinformation designed to harm President Joe Biden after meeting with Russian intelligence officials has reignited debate over Russian involvement in unproven allegations of corrupt Ukraine dealings by Joe and Hunter Biden. Former U.S. intelligence officials who previously warned about Russian efforts to smear the Bidens feel vindicated by the recent allegations against Smirnov, despite no public evidence of Russian government involvement in the release of Hunter Biden's laptop materials. The emergence of the laptop and its contents, along with Smirnov's alleged lies, have become part of the ongoing political and legal battles surrounding the Bidens.