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Trial of ex-FBI informant indicted for lying about Bidens delayed amid new tax evasion charges

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Alexander Smirnov was an FBI informant for about a decade , providing information to federal investigators.

Prosecutors alleged he pushed fake criminal allegations against President Biden and his son Hunter Biden .

Now he faces new charges of tax evasion from special counsel David Weiss , according to court records.

His attorneys have argued the case "smacks of political bias".

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