House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan finally revealed the truth about exā€“FBI informant Alexander Smirnov.

After trying and failing to salvage Republicansā€™ crumbling impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, Ohio Representative Jim Jordan at last, finally, conceded on Friday that Alexander Smirnovā€™s story might not be totally accurate.

ā€œI donā€™t know, maybe the guy did lie,ā€ Jordan said at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.

The House Judiciary chair spent the better part of the week attempting to twist and tweak Smirnovā€™s testimony, insisting, as he had for months, that Smirnovā€™s allegationsā€”that Biden had reaped millions off of a business deal between his son and the Ukrainian company Burismaā€”still held weight, and could prove the most viable pathway to successfully charge the sitting president. That is, even after Smirnov was indicted for lying to the FBI about those claimsā€”and then reportedly admitted to prosecutors that the story had been drawn up with the help of top Russian intelligence officials and the whole thing was a bed of lies.

  • protist@mander.xyz
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    10 months ago

    Also, regardless, Christopher Steele didnā€™t present any of this information while under oath, so even if any of it werenā€™t true, he has every right to say it. Alexander Smirnov lied under oath under the direction of the Russian government

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      10 months ago

      More accurately, he lied to the FBI.

      Homer: Well, the evening began at the gentlemenā€™s club, where we were discussing Wittgenstein over a game of backgammon.

      Scully: Mr. Simpson, itā€™s a felony to lie to the FBI.

      Homer: We were sitting in Barneyā€™s car eating packets of mustard. You happy?