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—the former FBI informant accused of fabricating stories about bribes paid to President Joe Biden and his son Hunter—will remain in jail as he awaits trial, over concerns he would flee the country,
Smirnov was charged on Feb. 15 with making false statements to the FBI and obstruction for allegedly falsifying claims about the Bidens’ involvement with Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company.from Special Counsel David Weiss. Federal criminal defendants are usually sentenced to far shorter prison terms than the legal maximum.
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