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Ex-FBI informant pleads guilty to making false bribery allegations about the Bidens

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Alexander Smirnov was indicted this year in connection with funneling false information to his FBI handler about the Bidens in June 2020 .

He falsely claimed that officials from Burisma , a Ukrainian energy company that employed Hunter Biden , had paid the father and son $5 million each during the Obama administration.

Many House Republicans had touted the allegations as key to their impeachment inquiry into Biden , who denied any wrongdoing.

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