Ex-FBI informant who made up story about Bidens given six-year sentence

Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, left, walks out of his lawyer’s office in downtown Las Vegas (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP)

A former FBI informant who fabricated a story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes that became central to Republicans’ impeachment effort has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty last month in Los Angeles federal court to tax evasion and lying to the FBI about the phony bribery scheme in what prosecutors say was an effort to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.