after joe biden launched his campaign for president and it included explosive allegations that a burisma executives claimed that the company paid joe biden and hunter biden 5 million each during the the time that biden was vice president, in exchange for assisting the company's business interests. the indictment in federal court says that smirnoff allegations against the bidens were, quote a fabrication, an amalgam of otherwise unremarkable business meetings and contacts that actually occurred. but at a later date, then he claimed and for the purpose of pitching burisma and the defendant's preprint services and products, not for discussing brides to joe biden when he was in office, smirnoff appeared for an initial court appearance in las vegas, where he was arrested and cnn has been unable to reach an attorney representing him congrats, congressional republicans have touted smirnoff is claims and they fought with the fbi to release the memos of his discussions with the fbi the indictment against smirnoff sites, those very same memos as proof that he allegedly made false statements and cr

the fact he said they accepted five million dollars each, from if burisma, apparently is getting him indicted, the fbi saysing special counsel is indicting him saying they provided incorrect derogatory information about president joe biden and son hunter biden on felony false statements obstruction charges facing 25 years in prays. what is this about? >> well, certainly, needs further investigation w50e67b two tiered justice system invert biden administration even before the biden administration for that matter xerng hillary clinton. it goes on and on, congress who was oversight of course, is being kept very busy by myriad of investigations, and -- that is also a problem, because, it is keeping us from doing a lot of business that we want to do when it comes to policy. but bogged down with it american people deserve answers to these types of of things. it seems to me this source should be able to take some whistleblower refuge in the situation i would hope comes to congress to discuss this, because this problem within the agency, are where they get to control, the narrative every tim

and in fact, after he left in the next one came in, they then did start investigating burisma. this has been debunked for years and the fact that it now is the linchpin of this impeachment investigation based on a completely bogus lie funneled through a confidential source by russian intelligence. it tells you the real danger that our congress is in right now, having been held captive by donald trump and now operating at the behest of russian intelligence and vladimir putin, it's incredible. >> and congressman goldman. thank you perspective now from two cnn analyst and former cia chief of russia operations, steve hall and carrie cordero, former counsel the assistant attorney general for national security steve, i mean, do smirnoff is claims about russian intelligence sound plausible to you? and how could this guy who seems to have had recent contact with russian intelligence and still peddling misinformation been a source for the fbi for ten some years >> while i to answer the first part of your question. absolutely. this is this is very standard for the russian intelligence se

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hunter biden gets pu bidt on bod of burisma. hunter biden gets paid a bunch of money to do that. second, he's not qualified to be on the board. he said so himself. 30, asked for help from this prosecutor who was applying a. pressure to burism and fourth, joe biden goes over there and conditions the releas condite of one in americanof tax dollars on the firing of the prosecuton tar who is applying the pressure to the company. hunter biden sat hunte on the bd of and made a million bucks a year. that is an official actiondollaa public official to benefit his family. and then, of coursenefite, thers the cover up that happens at the department of justice, that two brave whistleblowers came to jason smith and told us about. so that is the bulk of this story,t and that is what we make sure we got to make sure the american have t people understand. >> jason smith, let's get your. your takth let'se on the the i , questioning of joe biden today . >> sean alesl james biden was doing today was protecting the family brand proven at every step. that's what they do best. th the brand. they sell

they say the ukrainian prosecutor was looking into burisma. joe biden they sickly pushed ukraine to fire the prosecutor -- joe biden basically pushed ukraine to fire the prosecutor. they say they are related. you have to have a smoking gun of hunter biden called his dad and said i need you to fire the prosecutor, it is hurting the company. and they have not found that. host: glendale, arizona, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. first of, if the guy was addicted to crack cocaine and making all that money at the same time, i give him all the props in the world for still being alive. but once his dog and pony show is over, will they be able to take any action against comer for his buffoonery, sue him or something? host: can you sue a member of congress after deposition? guest: i don't think so. if anything, i think comer may be rewarded politically for this. he has developed a big national base. sure, you saw this -- i'm not equating the different cases, but you saw it becoming the public face of an inquiry like this, which is big for

his connections to ukraine and the burisma company are all known, and he allowed a country like ukraineesident who has discredited himself in the greatest possible way, while the facts are completely ignored by the judicial system. this it's outrageous that his son hunter is so mired in drug scandals, the matter with his laptop is worth it, and yet the american judicial system is silent. it’s not true, they do a lot, they actively persecute those who are trying to understand these matters. the same rudolf giualini who tried to find connections between biden in ukraine and the burisma company. they wanted to imprison him, they also repeatedly threatened and subjected to investigations simply because i was doing my job, and of course, they called me an agent of the kremlin, the leadership it is simply advantageous for countries to conveniently ignore such things. if you say something that is not what the major media wants to hear, you are a carrier of propaganda. there is nothing to add. people are worried about freedom of speech, corruption in federal bodies, the american media call bela

it has always been the case, under biden's worked for burisma was documented.hat happened. we know the payments were made to him, et cetera. they have never, and hunter biden had a business, consulting nepawith various entities. the thing they have never been able to demonstrate, and i think because it didn't happen, is connecting it k to joe biden to the president of united states, so the man who is actually the sitting president, who they want to impeach. the reason they lean so heavily on this now clearly fabricated allegation, because it's the only thing out where out there that made that leap. several sean hannity monologues talk a length about this. this is the one. this is the thing that connects joe biden. this is why it is so important. >> jim jordan said it y iisis key allegation in the whole constellation of allegations. chairman comer was on tv yesterday talking atabout it. they clearly view it as the heart of the whole investigation. already they are starting to backpedal and say oh it wasn't really about burisma and ukraine, then what was it about

the good he went to a hunter biden get put on the board of burisma? yes. was he paid $1 million a year? yes. did joe biden condition the release of tax money for the firing of the prosecutor was applying the yes. all those all for those things are facts. absolutely the economy is simply not working for millions of hard working families. they're working harder than ever and they still can't make enough to get by to afford food and medicine to even keep a roof over their heads. we need to build more housing that's truly affordable. we need to address this terrible epidemic of homelessness. we need to invest in good paying jobs, union jobs and investments in our future. this, this is why i'm running for the us senate. i'm adam schiff and i approve this message. this ad? typical. politicians... "he's bad. i'm good." blah, blah. let's shake things up. with katie porter. porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. katie porter. taking on big banks to make housing more affordable. and drug company ceos to stop their

that burisma was so concerned about when they wanted d.c. help and that's when he leveraged the billion and they gave him six hours and son of a b that guy got fired. as a result of that firing, did hunter continue to get paid by burisma holdings for work that he had no background or expertise in at a time where he focused a lot today on at a time that he admits he was addicted to hard drugs? is that all true? >> that's all true. >> sean: how many shell corporations have you identified and have you noticed any other legitimate business activity in any of those accounts? >> sean, i haven't found an l.l.c. yet other than his professional account that he charged all of the other llcs legal fees for. he was a lawyer. i don't know what legal fees he performed. at least 20 of those llcs don't appear to have any assets, they don't have any website, they don't have an office, they didn't produce a good. they didn't produce a service. they weren't licensed to be any type of lobbyist or consultant. so it appears that 20 of those llcs were in fact shel

ukraine at the time, hunter biden, his son, was on the board of burisma. i'll read you just a part of what the fbi and what the justice department is now alleging against smirnoff. they're saying in short, the defendant transformed his routine an annex shored neri business contacts with burisma in 2017 and later into bribery. in into bribery allegations against public official one, which is joe biden. and the presumptive nominee of the one of the two major political parties for president after expressing his bias against joe biden his, and his candidacy. so what the fbi says is that this was completely made up, that these allegations against joe biden and hunter biden were completely made up. this case is being brought by david weiss, who is the special counsel, who also has charge. hunter biden with tax charges and with gun charges in delaware where los angeles let's bring in elliot williams to this conversation because at issue here is this key allegation. the business person one and public official, one businessperson, one, hunter biden, public official

biden's involvement in business dealings with ukrainian energy company, burisma holdings, which wouldercut a un, un aspect of the republicans impeachment inquiry into joe biden himself, though not necessarily the charges against hunter. we've also been following as he saw my interview with the intelligence committee ranking democrat jim himes, the new intelligence released by the white house today saying that russia is developing a weapon with nuclear capabilities for space, which would theoretically pose a significant threat to the united states as ability to control its own nuclear weapons, joining us now, republican from taxes, congressman dan crenshaw, who serves on the house intelligence committee and is retired navy seal. congressman crenshaw. good to see you. i want to get your reaction. i want to get to the national security threat in a second, but first i know you just came before the camera and you probably haven't had a chance to read the indictment against this fbi informant, but do you have any reaction to the fact that he has been indicted for lying to the fbi? >> not mu

policy towards ukraine or burisma. so why is the story coming up now?ecords provide an answer, as embassy officials immediately flagged the timing, that vice president biden was traveling to ukraine that same leak to give an address to the ukrainian parliament. and in that speech, the vice president pledged americas and support for ukraine in its historic battle against corruption. hence the state run russian propaganda machine got winding up. so there you have it. then vice president biden want to take a stand against corruption in ukraine, and according to the report from foreign affairs democrats, the russians responded with a whisper campaign to discredit biden and his family. so this is important and relevant, because that same disinformation effort surfaced again, when then president donald trump passed rudy giuliani with digging up dirt about the bidens in ukraine. and it's surfacing again now, as james comer and his fellow house republicans grow, i think it's fair to say, increasingly desperate to fulfill trump's demands of a biden impeachment.

unequivocally that president biden and his son hunter took a bribe from the ukrainian gas company burismahighly credible confidential human source with the most corroborating evidence we have said judiciary chair jim jordan last month. sounds big. and according to reporting from multiple outlets, it was big. alexander smirnov was the lynch pin, perhaps, of the entire gop impeachment inquiry into president biden. except that lynch pin now looks more like a poison pill. in a new court filing, the special counsel tasked with investigating hunter biden's business dealings said smirnov is a lay liar, that he can't be trusted on anything, not about his financial conditions, not his alleged meetings, not about his supposed insider information, and certainly not about the bribe claims. in fact, special counsel weiss says the lies smirnov is still telling are linked to russian intelligence and could, quote, impact u.s. elections. oof. so where does the house impeachment inquiry go now? hunter biden is supposed to testify next week, but first his uncle james is behind closed doors with house oversi

the indictment further charges smirnov lied when he told agents burisma executives paid the bidens a $5 million prescribe when joe biden was vice president. the special counsel now saying, "the defendant's story to the fbi was a fabrication." it comes as house republicans are moving ahead to impeach the president. they have found no evidence he acted improperly, but have repeatedly leaned on the words of an fbi informant. >> even a trusted fbi informant has alleged a bribe to the biden family. >> and a highly credible fbi source alleges that joe biden received $5 million in exchange for pressuring for the firing of a ukrainian prosecutor. >> reporter: tonight, a congressional source telling abc news the fbi informant the republicans were talking about is the same man who was indicted today for lying to the fbi about joe and hunter biden. the alleged motive for lying? the special counsel says smirnov had bias against then candidate joe biden. house republicans say it's still full steam ahead on impeachment. david? >> david: pierre thomas, thank you. >>> we turn now to that shooting at

hunter biden, board of burisma, paid $1 million a year. he was not qualified for that position, he said so himself in abc interview. and the ceo of burisma asked hunter biden, we are under pressure from the prosecutor in ukraine can you help us. he calls his dad, three days later, fact four, joe biden goes to ukraine, conditions the money, the loan guarantee money on the firing of the prosecutor and gets the prosecutor fired, the very prosecutor who by the way was investigating burisma, the company hunter biden sat on the board of and made a million dollars. so, those facts are never gonna change, that to me is the biggest concern. >> john: some facts that did change and maybe a quick answer on this, just about out of time, one of the main witnesses who began this whole thing, alexander smirnov, went down in a blaze of federal charges that he lied, jamie raskin said it's time for the republicans to fold up the circus tent and go home. >> it does not change the four facts i talked about, mr. raskin said a trusted confidential source paid ov

hunter biden was on the put on the board of burisma, gets paid $1 million a year. fact number two, he's not qualified to be on the board. he said so himself in an interview, i don't know with you over there were some network back number three zola chesky, and desire ski, the two executives that burisma specifically asked hunter biden, can you weigh in with dc and help us deal with the pressure we are facing? scene from the prosecutor >> moments ago and for the first time we are hearing from republicans trying to impeach president biden after the revelation that an fbi informants who gave false information about president biden was fed dirt by the russians president biden, calling out donald trump for his quote, outrageous comments. this after trump, once again refused to condemn vladimir putin and he's comparing his legal troubles to that of alexi navalny and tragedy in texas, the body of a missing girl has been found days after she disappeared. the man police say is responsible, has a long criminal history. i'm fredricka whitfield along with sara sidner and john b

smirnov transformed his routine and unextraordinary business contacts with burisma, in 2017 and later when biden was a private citizen with no ability to influence anything for any company into bribery allegations. he made up these allegations against the presumptive presidential nominee of one of our two major political parties after expressing bias againsted biden and his candidacy. the story doesn't end there. yesterday the justice department pleaded with a judge to keep smirnov behind bars. why? he told agents he had recent contact with foreign intelligence services including russian intelligence agencies and has had such contacts recently. some of those contacts are described as someone who purportedly controls two groups of individuals tasked with carrying out assassination efforts in a third party country. a russian representative to another country, and someone with ties to a particular russian intelligence service. all of that sounds pretty bad, but that's not even the worst part. according to the doj smirnov is actively peddling new lies that could impact present and future

the indictment further charges smirnoff lied when he told agents burisma executives paid the bidens a $5 million bribe when joe biden was vice president. the special counsel now saying the defendants story to the fbi was a fabrication. it comes as house republicans are moving ahead to impeach the president. they have found no evidence he acted improperly, but had repeatedly leaned on the words of an fbi informant, even a trusted fbi informant has alleged a bribe to the biden family and a highly credible fbi source alleges that joe biden received $5 million in exchange for pressuring for the firing of a ukrainian prosecutor, a congressional source telling abc news. the fbi informant, the republicans were talking about is the same man who was indicted for lying to the fbi about joe and hunter biden, the alleged motive for lying, the special counsel says smirnoff had bias against then candidate joe biden. house republicans say it's still full steam ahead on impeachment. pierre thomas abc news, washington. >> pierre, thank you. the fbi says it has stopped russian military hackers who targ

shokin eliminated fired because getting paid by burisma. >> president biden knew his son was sellings throughout the world he did nothing to prevent that from happening, also benefited from it. >> president biden is facing lots of pushback not just on potential corruption, we are going to keep a spotlight on but his policy decisions, one most recently is the hold permits for new liquefied natural gas s s exports, accepted agency letter accusing administration powerfuling exports as retaliation for defying order to remove razor war is there a war underway between texas and this administration. >> i tell you president cares more about moscow than midland, texas the policies pushed forward in first week in office in first week in office the war that he did on u.s. energy by the stroke of the pen, has made us more dependent on for everyone sources of energy, are who do not like us. even with the border we've seen that in his first week in office stroke of a pen rescinded successful policies of president trump led to the invasion at the southern border. >> have you seen texts of sthat dea

>> there's been nearly a dozen reputations of these burisma claims including by the former head of burisma, including by rudy giuliani's right-hand man lev parnas who wrote chairman comer and -- a long letter and saying this is all based on house of cards, fraudulent allegations, it's time to let it go. even the republicans in the senate investigated in 2020 and came back empty-handed saying that there was nothing there and now we know why. we've gotten to the very bottom of the allegations and smirnoff has been proven to be a fraught. i would hope that the republicans would let it go but that would suggest that they have some other program or public agenda and it looks like they don't. if i were chairing the oversight committee right now, we would be having serious oversight hearings into the gun violence epidemic across the country trying to figure out what can be done about that. but again, they are in a situation where donald trump is calling the tune and what he wants is for them to try and dirty up joe biden so he doesn't look like he's the only thoroughly corrupt person running for

hunter biden told us that he worked in burisma to counter russian aggression.hunter biden was in burisma, because that his strategy was to confront vladimir putin. hiding behind the lawyers, hunter grinned. there are public hearings ahead and he will avoid awkward questions in front of the cameras... let's talk about this with meteorologist ekaterina grigorova. ekaterina, hello, will the last day of winter also please us with warmth? yes, spring is coming. according to the moscow weather station, the height of the snow cover still exceeds half a meter, but at the same time, in the center of the capital, on the territory of the zoo, the first snowdrops are making their way to the sun. the day before on at vdnkh the air warmed up to 4.9°. february 28 was the warmest day since the beginning of winter. in st. petersburg there is a column. thermometers have been kept above zero for a week, this morning the city was drowned in fog, visibility at times deteriorated to 500 m. in the novgorod region, against the backdrop of a prolonged thaw, active ice movement on the r

he was your big whistleblower who initially said, yeah, burisma executives told he me you've got to giverstand he lied. is that what you believe? >> look, we just know what the fbi said. but we also know what the fbi initially said. they initially said he was credible, they used him for a number of years, 14 years he's been a confidential human source for the fbi. when we tried to get the document, we were told this guy is so important we don't want to let this document out, we don't want to let this thing get public. can you view it in camera. we're not going to make it public now we find out they indicted the guy. i think it's interesting. here is a guy who lied about and gave false information about joe biden. he's gets indicted. when you have another confidential source, christopher steele give false information about president trump the fbi keeps paying him. seseems like a double standard o he me. the fbi said he wasn't being square with the fbi when they recorded the 1023. we'll take them at their word. we would like to have a chance to talk to this individual as well. maria: sent

, allegations that have been central to the republicans' impeachment push burisma, as you know, had hired hunter onto its board, but the justice department says smirnov falsely claimed that the company paid the bidens $5 million each in bribes. tonight the top house republican says the impeachment inquiry does not rely on that informant's accusations, but on a, quote, large record of evidence and that they're going to continue to follow the facts, lester. >> all right, peter, thank you. >>> overnight, the northeast including philadelphia and new york are preparing for snow, but in the west, potentially dangerous flooding tonight and into tomorrow from oregon down to central california, and a second storm not far behind will start pouring heavy rain on the california coast sunday afternoon raising the risk of floods and mudslides next week. >>> the first charges have been filed in the deadly mass shooting in kansas city at the chiefs super bowl victory celebration, and maggie vespa reports, we are learning more about the children injured in the shooting. >> reporter: 48 hours after the mas

burisma, where hunter biden was on the board.ssed that along to the fbi in summer 2020, which seemed to corroborate republicans claims that the bidens were peddling their influence in ukraine to get rich. but there's only one problem wasn't true according to special counsel, david weiss. now, remember lice is not a biden crony. he was a trump appointee and he's literally prosecuting hunter biden right now during an election year but here's what the special counsel said in this new indictment. >> quote. >> the defendant's story to the fbi was a fabrication. an amalgam of otherwise unremarkable business meetings and contexts now, this x and foreman is facing two felony charges. now, republicans champion this guy. they threatened to hold the fbi director in contempt if he didn't turn over memos about this informants allegations, then they publicly released those memos over the objections of the fbi. they hopped this it's garbage for nearly a year and to no one surprise at found a home in right-wing media including dozens of segments

would protect them, and that the bidens were paid $5 million each the burisma allegations are a key part of a house republican push to impeach biden. today, the house gop said the house inquiry is not reliant on that source's information >>> we'll turn now to the deadly shooting at the end of the kansas city chiefs victory parade officials sa it was preceded by a dispute, and that there are two juveniles in custody we get more from maggie vespa >> reporter: tonight, investigators say the shooting that turned a day of celebration into one of mourning in kansas city appears to have started with a fight. >> this appeared to be a dispute between several people that ended in gunfire >> reporter: police say two teenagers are in custody no charges have been filed. >> we want to make sure that anyone that was responsible for yesterday is brought to justice >> reporter: according to police, 23 people were shot. at least half the victims are younger than 16. the youngest just 8 years old. 43-year-old radio dj lisa lopez-galvan was killed >> she always put others before herself. very giving in

smirnov's allegations about ukrainian burisma payments to joe biden were concocted along with russian intelligence agents, and it appears like the whole thing is not only obviously false and fraudulent, but a product of russian disinformation and propaganda. that has been the force behind this investigation for more than a year. as for today's transcribed interview with the brother of president biden, mr. james biden, we obviously, again, have heard nothing indicating that joe biden had anything to do with the business ventures of hunter biden or james biden. nothing has contradicted that understanding we've had for many, many months now. that is essentially where we are. again, i'm restating my call to chairman,, two speaker johnson, two fold up their tents, this circus show is really over at this point. [indiscernible] >> i will allow the republicans to reconstruct for you whatever they are trying to accomplish, but i can assure you that he has restated our basic understanding that we've had for many months now which is that joe biden had nothing to do with these business ventures.

on the lam being the most recent recent to implode is alexander smirnov with the false allege that burisma had given illegal bribes to hunter biden and now that has been proven the speaks man of classic disinformation and propaganda who donald trump appointed as special attorney and special counsel in the hunter biden case. there is an entire special counsel just to deal with hunter biden and his tax charges and his gun charges. all of this is a complete side show. if somebody thinks there is a high crime or misdemeanor relating to joe biden, they should tell us what it is but we haven't heard anything. [indiscernible question] >> i'm not quite sure i follow the question. [indiscernible] mr. raskin: well, impeachment like criminal prosecutions follow criminal conduct. donald trump had a violent snarks -- insurrection and he was impeached by the house of representatives and there was 57-43 vote in the senate to convict him. he escaped conviction by 10 votes and beat the constitutional spread of 2/3 but commanding bicameral majorities he engaged in insurrection. he didn't accept to this day

memo that republicans fought to make public, that the there was a an executive we could have and burisma, the ukrainian energy company where hunter biden was serving as a board member, that that person had said that they were paying joe biden and the hunter biden $5 million apiece in order for for for favors for the business interests of burisma in the united states, what the fbi says is that it's completely false. i'll read you just a part of what they say in the court filing and it says, in short, the defendant transfer transformed his routine and uninsured neri business contacts with burisma in 20 17, and later into bribery allegations against public official one who is joe biden? we've reported the presumptive nominee of one of the two major political parties for president. after expressing his bias against public official one and his candidacy. this is important because as i pointed out anderson for republicans, this was a big part of their claim that joe biden was corrupt and that his he was benefiting from his family's corruption. and why they've launched this impeachment inquiry.

he said i knew nothing about my son's business deals or burisma. with one of the executives at the dinner at caÉe milano. he met with six of the major foreign business associates that accounted for most of the money that hunter biden's company got during that period when joe biden was vice president after he left office. two were chinese officials. jonathan milley and the guy that ran cfc energy. joe biden meets with them in february 2017 and a couple weeks later $3 million is produced to hunter biden businesses from that chinese communist company. why is that significant? when you look at this there is a phenomenon in business and politics called the rainmaker. they don't need to know all the details about what is going on in the business. he just needs to show up and say i am part of this. that is what joe biden wants. just like bill clinton during the white house coffees. he didn't want to know the donors. he just needed to show up to make sure the money changed hands. that's what joe biden has been doing. this is what james comer has exposed. j

corrupt president you just have to read the fbi's fd 1023 form of the interview with president of burisma to see that joe biden and his son, hunter biden, were bribing were requiring from really extorting burisma to the tune of $10 million, $5 million for each one of them. i mean, come on. >> there's just too much evidence and it's all documented all documented if by documented, he means on a form used for recording raw and often on reporting from confidential sources that is what an fd 1023 is. though republicans also say it was corroborated by then us attorney scott brady brady himself told them that he only corroborated some of it. and most significantly in that same house interview, he said he did not determine whether the underlying underlying biden bribery claims were true. he also acknowledged that his team never reviewed some key evidence that undercut the bribery allegations it house republicans most notably oversight chair james comer and judiciary chair jim jordan. they continue to tout this 1023 and alexander smirnoff allegations such as they were even after he was arrested on

he told us, i knew nothing business deal,ls o didn't know anything about burisma. well, i'm sorry you metexecut with one of the burisma executives at a dinner at cafe t dinner amilano. he major in fact, he met with six of the major foreign associates that account for most of the money. hunter biden's companiesr most a during that period when joe biden was vice president. right afteriod wher he left off. two of them were chinese officials. two wehinese ojonathan lee in 2n and chairman ying ming, the guye who ran cfc energy. joe biden meets with himfebr in february 2017. and then a couple weeks later, walmart,and a co $3 million is d to hunter biden's businesses. from that communist company. why is that significant? when you look at this, thereph is a phenomenon in business, a phenomenon in politics called the rainmakend r. th >> the rainmaker doesn't need to know all the details about what's going on in the business details going . he just needs to show up and say, hey, i'm part of this. make sure you pay up. that's what joe biden wants. li it's just like what bill

. >> the highly credible fbi informant says that the burisma executive who allegedly bribed joe bidenecordings of joe and of hunter. one of the fbi's top informants, a guy with impeccable credentials, a great track record. the highly credible, multilingual, extremely trustworthy, longtime, confidential fbi informant. >> desi: wow. highly credible, extremely trustworthy, multilingual, proficient at excel, a good tipper, a generous lover, always puts the seat down. this guy is rock solid. bulletproof. impeachment case closed! >> in a new court filing, federal prosecutors allege one of the fbi's own longtime informants spun bogus tales about president biden and his son hunter after meeting with russian intelligence officials. >> alexander smirnov was arrested wednesday charged with lying about financial ties between the president, his son and ukrainian energy company burisma allegations that have been central to the republicans' impeachment push. >> desi: yeah. not only was this guy lying about joe biden getting bribes, the fbi says he was also working with russian intelligence! yeah, ru

he had been preparing for this for a long time, back in 2020 he gave prosecutors documents on the burismaal, in response , the democrats opened an investigation into his illegal arms supplies to saudi arabia, bypassing congress. pompeo was accused of holding expensive dinners at the expense of taxpayers with influential businessmen and tv presenters who promoted his political image, he spent 2 years and millions of dollars trying to prove that the american ambassador in benghazi died because of the stupidity of hillary klee. "i solemnly swear that i will support defend the us constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. as the former director of the cia, he was charged with espionage against julian assange and his visitors at the london ecuadorian embassy. when i was director of the cia, we lied, cheated, stole, but we had these internal training courses. the secretary of state liked to use the employees of his office for personal errands and really did not like unnecessary questions, so national radio journalist marie louise kelly claimed that he yelled at her longer than the

smirnov says he can obtain recordings of hunter biden telling burisma officials that his father wouldf the prosecutor general. a popular conspiracy theory at the time among -- pittsburgh- based u.s. attorney scott brady is asked by doj officials to help review information from the public relating to matters in ukraine. as part of that review, brady examines smirnov's 10:23 for him. when you first contacts smirnov, he makes his explosive allegations about the bidens, specifically that burisma executives admitted to him in 2015 and 2016 that they hired hunter biden to protect us through his dad from all kinds of problems. and if they had paid $5 million each biden. let's make something clear here. as soon as smirnov levied his allegations, the fbi was suspicious. first and foremost, because smirnov offered absolutely nothing to corroborate that claim. so they merely sit on it. but as you could imagine, word gets out and around in washington, d.c.. and once republicans catch wind of smirnov's claims, and four months afterwards in 2023, they push for the document with smirnov's allegation

, you had the house yesterday subpoenaed for documents on how joe biden talked about the burisma issueshat were at play. it's not about a hunter biden, it's about a joe biden. he's the president, so obviously it's of interest to the american people. stuart: we'll see if it counts in november. good luck to you. >>> we better get back to the markets because the initial gains have clearly been trimmed. the dow's up only 5 points, s&p up only 13, nasdaq clinging to a 60-point gain. lou basenese with us for hour. fed chair powell says it's not likely we'll see a rate cut in march. is that bad for the whole market? >> absolutely not. i told you so is and you've been saying it too that investors were too aggressive in thinking how soon the dead would cut rates. and we dealt with investors being dead wrong all of last year. you remember, they were expecting rate cuts in june or july last year, and each time they'd throw a temper tantrum when jay powell would throw them in timeout. same thing here. look, it's taken a 24-you are hour temper tantrum. we're back in the greened today. this is manage

because his son is at the board of burisma. burisma wants to sit on wall street.t if there's a problem in ukraine. he flies over there three days after hunter contacts him leverages a billion dollars in order for them to fire the prosecutor. we know in the end that joe was brought in at the end of every deal, whether it was dinner, playing golf, a phone call. it's all there, folks. i'm not going to bore you. with these home buyers. joe said he never knew or discussed his son's business that he was never part of the business, that he never interacted with the associates of his sons, not to mention he flew to china air force two to make sure they connected. and hunter, hunter never lied either. he was just addicted when he got a gun but he didn't know he was addicted so we shouldn't be responsible. he's guilty. >> jesse: some of the leaks coming out of this deposition, harold with a set hunter said he went to the burisma board to fight russian aggression in ukraine. >> harold: good to be back with everybody. i would say couple things. a lot of this is embarrassing.