FBI informant charged with making up bribery plot linked to Biden’s son

A man is alleged to have made up a bribery plot linked to Hunter Biden (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana. File)

An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.

Alexander Smirnov falsely reported to the FBI in June 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million (€4.7m) each in 2015 or 2016, prosecutors said in an indictment.