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Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Biden and Hunter is ordered to stay in jail ahead of trial

Source: AP

The former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who has been charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden, has been ordered by a California judge to stay in jail.

The 43-year-old appeared in a federal court in Los Angeles on Monday after being transported to the Golden State from Las Vegas, Nevada.

“There is nothing garden variety about this case,” Judge Otis Wright said on Monday, the AP . “I have not changed my mind. The

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